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Historical Markers in Champlain

 
Clickable Map of Clinton County, New York and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Clinton County, NY (159) Essex County, NY (258) Franklin County, NY (68) Chittenden County, VT (166) Grand Isle County, VT (18)  ClintonCounty(159) Clinton County (159)  EssexCounty(258) Essex County (258)  FranklinCounty(68) Franklin County (68)  ChittendenCountyVermont(166) Chittenden County (166)  GrandIsleCounty(18) Grand Isle County (18)
Plattsburgh is the county seat for Clinton County
Champlain is in Clinton County
Clinton County (159)  ►
ADJACENT TO CLINTON COUNTY
Essex County (258)  ►
Franklin County (68)  ►
Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec (20)  ►
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec (3)  ►
Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec (16)  ►
Chittenden County, Vermont (166)  ►
Grand Isle County, Vermont (18)  ►
 
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1 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — Abolitionists —
On Church Street 0.1 miles north of Pine Street, on the right when traveling north.
Noadiah and Caroline Moore Lived across the street in The Moore Mansion from 1828 To 1873. They helped convey Escaped slaves to Canada — — Map (db m314183) HM
2 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — Bill Earl Park —
On River Street 0.2 miles east of Elm Street, on the right when traveling east.
[English]  If you were in the neighborhood 100 years ago, you’d be certain to run into Bill Earl. The son of John Earl, who owned a sawmill at the end of River Street, Bill was an industrious person from an early age. . . . — — Map (db m268199) HM
3 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — First School —
On Oak Street north of Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling north.
In the first school which stood near this site Dr. William Beaumont surgeon and physiologist was schoolmaster, 1807-10. — — Map (db m106843) HM
4 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — Jehudi Ashmun —
On Oak Street, on the right when traveling north.
Site of the birthplace of Jehudi Ashmun, April 21, 1794. First colonization agent at Liberia, Africa, 1822-1828. — — Map (db m106844) HM
5 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — Judge Pliny Moore —
Near Oak Street 0.4 miles north of Elm Street, on the left when traveling north.
Erected A.D. 1903 in memory of Judge Pliny Moore the first settler of the Town of Champlain in 1787 by his daughter Helen M. Hoyle and presented by her to Glenwood Cemetery as a temporary resting place for the dead. — — Map (db m268460) HM
6 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — Pliny Moore House —
On Elm Street near Oak Street.
In 1789, Revolutionary War veteran Pliny Moore (1759-1822) settled Champlain after being awarded land by the State of New York. In 1801 he built a Federal-style frame house similar to the one standing today. Moore was the first judge and postmaster . . . — — Map (db m177320) HM
7 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — Point au Fer Historic Site —
On Point au Fer Road.
This wasn't always the quiet, peaceful place you find today. Point au Fer was once an important strategic military post. The northern half of Lake Champlain used to be controlled by the French. On June 6, 1760, during the French and Indian War . . . — — Map (db m234761) HM
8 ► New York, Clinton County, Chazy, Champlain — Refugee Graveyard —
On Lakeshore Road 0.7 miles north of Lapoint Road, on the right when traveling north.
Refugee Graveyard Wiley's Point North. Canadian and Nova Scotia Refugee Burying Ground of Town of Champlain's earliest settlers. — — Map (db m305608) HM
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9 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — 355 — St. Mary's Academy —
On U.S. 9, on the right when traveling south.
1906-2012. Daughter of the Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus sailed from France in 1905 to start the Academy. "Tout pour la gloire de Dieu" — — Map (db m132721) HM
10 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — The Shipwrights of Champlain / La construction navale á Champlain —
On River Street 0.2 miles east of Elm Street, on the right when traveling east.
[English]  Looking over the quiet recreation fields today, it is hard to believe this riverbank was a bustling, industrial place for more than 100 years. Before railroads and highways, Lake Champlain was an important . . . — — Map (db m268407) HM
11 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — Site of Burying Yard —
On Oak Street, on the left when traveling north.
In which was interred Lt-Col Benjamin Forsyth killed at Odelltown, L. C. June 28, 1814 — — Map (db m177371) HM
12 ► New York, Clinton County, Champlain — The "White House" —
On Point Au Fer Road.
In 1774, a two-story white stone garrison was built here by the British, fortified by American Gen. John Sullivan with entrenchment and stockade in 1776 and destroyed by fire in 1805. British occupation 1774 - 1775 and 1776-1796. American . . . — — Map (db m49069) HM
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026