This lakeside meadow was a 1777 campground for Rindge NH troops en route to Mount Independence and Fort Ticonderoga to fight Burgoyne's invading British army. The 1776 Crown Point Road linking Fort No. 4 on the Connecticut River to Lake Champlain . . . — — Map (db m78159) HM
The British, upon command of General Jeffrey Amherst, began construction of the Crown Point
Road in 1759 during the French and Indian War to provide a more direct route for the provision
of fresh troops and supplies between their . . . — — Map (db m280398) HM