Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ticonderoga, New York
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Near Lake George Avenue south of Stanton Street, on the left when traveling south.
This dam gets its name from its position as the third dam down from the outlet of
Lake George. It was the last location to be exploited along the LaChute. This site
required a broad dam high enough to make its power-generating "head” . . . — — Map (db m158318) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
The Saint Andrews Society of Glens Falls, N.Y. erected this tablet to commemorate the heroic gallantry of the 42d Regiment of Foot better known as “The Royal Highlanders” of “The Black Watch” who on July 8, 1758 lost here in . . . — — Map (db m9561) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the left when traveling east.
Sacred to the memory of the gallant Highlanders of the 42nd Regiment of Foot “The Black Watch” From a regiment a thousand strong 205 died and 287 were wounded July 8, 1758 assaulting the French lines on the heights of Carillon - Their . . . — — Map (db m9579) HM
Near Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
1775 - - - 1925 In commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the capture of this fort May 10th 1775 which was the beginning of the War of the Revolution in the State of New York and in memory of the brave men French, British and . . . — — Map (db m9455) HM
On Tower Avenue at Burgoyne Road / Rogers Street, on the right when traveling north on Tower Avenue.
In 1756 the French erected a mill on the river opposite this spot for sawing and preparing timbers used in Fort Carillon, renamed Fort Ticonderoga when captured by General Amherst in 1759.
General Abercromby used the saw mill as his headquarters . . . — — Map (db m125190) HM
Near Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
This commemorative tablet erected and dedicated in observance of the 200th anniversary of General George Washington’s inspection to Fort Ticonderoga and the Champlain Valley. July 1783 July . . . — — Map (db m9548) HM
Near Defiance Street, 1.3 miles east of The Portage when traveling east.
Mount Defiance, at 853 feet above sea level, rises 758 feet over the waters of Lake Champlain. The waters of Lake George tumble 220 feet, down 5 waterfalls, into Lake Champlain just below the base of Mount Defiance. The promontory has gone by . . . — — Map (db m193738) HM
On New York State Route 9N, on the left when traveling south.
British soldiers who chose not to return to England following the Seven Years War mustered out of the army to settle on land they had seen during the campaigns against the French. The sandy loam soil around Streetroad has sustained a diversity of . . . — — Map (db m19722) HM
This fertile plain was once the floor of a prehistoric sea that receded to create Lake Champlain. When the French built Fort Carillon, known to the English as Ticonderoga, these rich lowlands supported a large garden to supplement the . . . — — Map (db m126311) HM
This fertile plain was once the floor of a prehistoric sea that receded to create Lake Champlain. When the French built Fort Carillon, known to the English as Ticonderoga, these rich lowlands supported a large garden to supplement the limited . . . — — Map (db m126329) HM
Near Montcalm Street (State Highway 74) 0.2 miles west of Mountain Road (State Highway 22), on the right when traveling west.
The La Chute River supplied more than power for the mills. It also connected to Lake Champlain and the wider world. People and goods traveled much more easily by water than by land, so the corridor formed by Lake Champlain, Lake George and the . . . — — Map (db m125180) HM
Near Adirondack Park, 0.1 miles east of Carnegie Place, on the left when traveling east.
The LaChute is a river with both a short course and a short history. It cut its way through Ticonderoga only 12,000 years ago, when the waters of the newly-formed Lake George first spilled over a ridge between Mount Defiance'and Cook's Mountain. . . . — — Map (db m157904) HM
On The Portage, on the right when traveling south.
Along this site in July, 1759, British forces under Amherst erected an artillery battery to attack the French Fort at Carillon, which they seized and named Fort Ticonderoga. — — Map (db m10078) HM
Inspired by the 18th-century military gardens Sarah G. T. Pell established the first ornamental garden on this site as the fort was being reconstructed. In 1912 Alfred Bossom, who designed the reconstruction, enclosed the flower garden with a . . . — — Map (db m126315) HM
Inspired by the 18th-century military gardens Sarah G. T. Pell established the first ornamental garden on this site as the fort was being reconstructed. In 1912 Alfred Bossom, who designed the reconstruction, enclosed the flower garden with a . . . — — Map (db m126327) HM
On Montcalm Street, on the right when traveling east.
Near this spot in 1755-1756 Michel de Chartier de Lotbiniére engineer of Fort Carillon, bridged this stream and harnessed this waterpower for the first time. Sawmills, storehouses and barracks were located here, being within the Seignory of . . . — — Map (db m15590) HM
On Montcalm Street at Cossey Street, on the left when traveling west on Montcalm Street.
Site of the original
Carillon Bridge ca. 1755
Called the Long Bridge for over
century, the bridge was officially
named Carillon in 1933. The present
bridge was reconstructed in 1990 by
Reale Construction Co., Inc. — — Map (db m156958) HM
On Baldwin Road (County Route 5) 0.1 miles south of Howes Landing, on the right when traveling south.
Major post on Lake George, a small palisaded log fort, built in 1756 to defend Fort Carillon from British attack, & named Camp De Contrecoeur, stood in this vicinity. — — Map (db m45104) HM
There is a joy in footing slow across a silent plain, where patriot battle has been fought, when glory was the gain. There is a joy in every spot made known by times of old - new to the feet, through each tale a hundred times be told. - Keats . . . — — Map (db m15591) HM
On Sandy Redout Road, 0.3 miles east of Fort Ticonderoga Road (New York State Route 74), on the right when traveling east.
Chretten! Ce ne fut Point Montcalm et la Prudence ces arbres renverses, ces heros, leurs exploits qui des anglats confus ont Brish l’esperance c’est le bras de ton dieu vainqueur sur cette croix! (Montcalm A Sa Mere, 21 Juillet 1758) Here after . . . — — Map (db m138497) HM
Birthplace & home of Joseph Cook, world famous lecturer and Ticonderoga’s foremost town historian. Cliff Seat, a magnificent 19th century mansion, burned in 1991. — — Map (db m126233) HM
Near Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated to the memory of the gallant band of Patriots led by Colonel Ethan Allen who on the 10th of May, 1775 captured this important fortress and secured for the Americans a valuable base of operations on Lakes George and Champlain. Erected by . . . — — Map (db m9452) HM
Near Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
of Pittsfield, Mass. killed October 19th, 1780 at Stone Arabia, N.Y. on his thirty-fifth birthday. Was with Ethan Allen, May 10th, 1775. Made a gallant attempt to retake the fort September 17th to 22nd, 1777 but failed owing to the sturdy defence . . . — — Map (db m9484) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York erected this tablet to commemorate the colonial battles fought in this vicinity. Champlain with Hurons and Algonquins defeated the Iroquois July 30, 1609 near the shore. Montcalm defeated . . . — — Map (db m9560) HM
Near Adirondack Park north of Champlain Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
From the time of the first land survey of the lower falls in 1822, a bridge has crossed LaChute River here, where Spencer Creek once rejoined the main stream. Eventually, the bridge took its name from the planing mill run by B.F. Frazier on the . . . — — Map (db m158199) HM
On Lord Howe Street, 0.1 miles south of Schuyler Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Near this spot, July 6, 1758
Lord George Augustus Howe
was killed in a skirmish
preceding Abercrombie’s defeat
by Montcalm at Fort Carillon. — — Map (db m6141) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling south.
Here are interred the bones of Eighteen Colonial Soldiers found near the Old Military Road in Ticonderoga Village on Nov. 1st 1924 — — Map (db m9650) HM
Near Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
Built by the French 1755-1758 General James Abercrombie defeated by the Marquis de Montcalm, July 8, 1758 Captured by Sir Jeffery Amherst July 27, 1759 and renamed Fort Ticonderoga Captured by Ethan Allen May 10, 1775 Captured by Sir John Burgoyne . . . — — Map (db m9447) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
During the 18th century, when nations fought to control the strategic route between the St. Lawrence River in Canada and the Hudson River to the south, the fortification overlooking the outlet of Lake George into Lake Champlain was called “the . . . — — Map (db m9094) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, 1.7 miles east of Fort Ti Road, on the right when traveling east.
Behind this enclosure are intact bake French Bake ovens built by the French army in 1757 The ovens survived the 18th century buried under ten feet of earth placed over them to make them bombproof, and were a popular destination for tourists in . . . — — Map (db m193815) HM WM
Near Sandy Redoubt, 1.7 miles east of Fort Ti Road, on the right when traveling east.
Underneath you are intact bake ovens built by the French army in 1757. The large opening here was a chute that wood could be tossed down to heat them. The French army quickly built four ovens to bake bread for the troops as they began to . . . — — Map (db m193838) HM WM
On The Portage, on the right when traveling south.
From this point south, this street follows the route of the Indian carry between the lakes and of Montcalm’s military road traversed by Washington and Franklin during the Revolution. Erected by Ticonderoga Chapter Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m9090) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling south.
Here are buried several hundred officers and men of the American Army, chiefly New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Militia 1775-77. — — Map (db m9582) HM
Eighteenth century soldiers lived largely on portable food. On the march, their diet consisted of flour, rice, dried peas and beans, salted or pickled meat – goods that could travel in bags or barrels without spoiling. In Europe, soldiers . . . — — Map (db m126326) HM
Near Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
From this fortress went Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York . . . — — Map (db m9780) HM
On Fort Ticonderoga Entrance Road, on the right when traveling east.
Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York . . . — — Map (db m21046) HM
On Montcalm Street, on the right when traveling east.
Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York . . . — — Map (db m9801) HM
On Black Point Road at Mossy Point Road, on the right when traveling south on Black Point Road.
Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York . . . — — Map (db m9799) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
To commemorate the heroic gallantry and noble character of George Augustus Viscount Howe Brigadier-General of His Majesty’s Forces in America. Killed near Trout Brook two days before the great battle of Carillon July 6, 1758. His death an . . . — — Map (db m9562) HM
On Montcalm Street, on the right when traveling east.
This tablet marks the landing for the grand carry on the Great War Trail between the Indian tribes of the north and south country. It also marks the beginning of that carry between the lakes to avoid the falls and rapids, which later became the . . . — — Map (db m16309) HM
In 1913, Sarah Pell went to Europe looking for artifacts to furnish the King’s Garden and Fort grounds. At a shop in London specializing in historic architectural fragments and antique garden ornaments, she found a set of “leaf work gates of . . . — — Map (db m126312) HM
On Lake George Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Alexandria Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The tides of history have swept repeatedly through this valley, following the river
that drains Lake George into Lake Champlain, 220 feet below. When forests covered the land, people traveled by water, so this short link between the 33 miles of . . . — — Map (db m158367) HM
Lake Champlain, 125-miles long, flows northward into the Richelieu River which, in turn, flows into the St. Lawrence River. From Ticonderoga, the lake stretches another 25 miles south to its end near present-day Whitehall, New York. During the . . . — — Map (db m126174) HM
TiconderogaThe Lake Champlain Valley has long been at the crossroads of nations and peoples. The name Ticonderoga is a corruption of an Iroquoian word meaning a, “place between two waters,” an acknowledgement of its location which . . . — — Map (db m126401) HM
On Montcalm Street, on the right when traveling east.
Tribute to the memory of Hon. Clayton Harris DeLano, LL.B. Christian Gentleman Leading Industrialist Honored Citizen. Born, Ticonderoga, 1836 – Died, 1920 Member of Assembly 1869-71. Active in all movements for advancement of education and . . . — — Map (db m16310) HM
Through this pass to Trout Brook ran an Indian Trail, used by Robert Rogers after Battle on Snowshoes, 1758, on retreat to Fort Wm. Henry — — Map (db m9533) HM
On Baldwin Road, on the right when traveling south.
Battling French & Indians and on retreat from Snowshoe Battle in 1758, Rogers' Rangers crossed over this mountain where Rogers staged his legendary escape at Rogers Rock on Lake George. — — Map (db m45765) HM
Near Champlain Avenue north of Adirondack Park, on the right when traveling south.
Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company enjoyed such
success that, after just eight years of operation, they were able to build a second mill, capable of doubling production. The new Island Mill got its name from its location on the large island . . . — — Map (db m158327) HM
On Alexandria Avenue west of Lake George Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
LaChute River Trail
The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Baldwin Branch
The Baldwin Branch of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad began construction in June 1874 upon the old Baldwin stage route used for years to link steamship connections at . . . — — Map (db m158379) HM
On Montcalm Street at Tower Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Montcalm Street.
Water Power: From Waterwheel to Industrial Turbine
For centuries, people have been harnessing energy from moving water. In the 1800s and early 1900s, industries flourished here thanks to the falls of La Chute River, which provided an . . . — — Map (db m156435) HM
On Montcalm Street at Tower Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Montcalm Street.
Ticonderoga
Mohawk Indians gave this place the name it still bears today, meaning "the place between the great waters." Here, a portage for carrying canoes connected Lake George with Lake Champlain long before Europeans identified the . . . — — Map (db m158927) HM
For hastening to set a crown of freedom on this new land we lie possessed of praise that grows not old. And here were men coequal with their fate who did great things unconscious they were great. Back of Monument: Champlain – Iroquois . . . — — Map (db m15593) HM
Landscape architect Marian Coffin designed a new plan for the King’s Garden in the early 1920s. The plan specified thousands of colorful annuals set amongst perennials. Ms. Coffin’s plans calls for more plants than could possibly be raised in this . . . — — Map (db m126323) HM
On The Portage at Treadway Street, on the right when traveling south on The Portage.
On October 3rd, 1889, a workman digging a trench opened by mere accident across the street from this point, a grave which contained the skeleton of a man, and within this grave found, at its head, a stone, now in the Black Watch Library in this . . . — — Map (db m9539) HM
Near Sandy Redoubt, 1.7 miles east of Fort Ti Road, on the right when traveling east.
Magasin du Roi, 1756
Mars Education Center, 2008
In May of 1756, French troops began work on two structures flanking the fort's place d'armes, or parade ground. Limestone quarried from the site of the fort was used for stone blocks and burned in . . . — — Map (db m193814) HM WM
On The Portage at Champlain Avenue, on the right when traveling south on The Portage.
In memory of the men of Ticonderoga who offered their lives in defense of their country Side of Monument: The gift of Clayton H. DeLano A lover of his native town — — Map (db m16314) HM
On The Portage at Defiance Street, on the left when traveling south on The Portage.
Cannon placed on the summit of Mt. Defiance by British artillery officers under Burgoyne July, 1777 forced evacuation of Ft. Ticonderoga. — — Map (db m21050) HM
Near Defiance Street, 1.3 miles east of The Portage when traveling east.
In 1758 British officers and engineers examined Ticonderoga's defenses from low on Mount Defiance prior to the July 8th Battle of Carillon. During the battle, Mohawk, Delaware, and Choctaw warriors allied to the British army, positioned themselves . . . — — Map (db m193735) HM
Near Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
Near this spot stood Louis-Joseph de Gozon Marquis de Montcalm on the 8th of July 1758. With a small force of French troops and Canadian volunteers, he prevented the capture of Fort Carillon by defeating a much superior British and Colonial army . . . — — Map (db m9573) HM
On Montcalm Street, on the right when traveling east.
Site of the original Carillon Bridge C. 1755 Called ‘The Long Bridge’ for over a century, the bridge was officially named Carillon in 1933. The present bridge was reconstructed in 1990 by Reale Construction Co., Inc. — — Map (db m15589) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, 1.7 miles east of Fort Ti Road, on the right when traveling east.
Fort Ticonderoga has always been a work-in-progress. As early as 1757 the fort's casemates were found to be leaky and damp. Fort Carillon was still incomplete when it fell to the British in 1759. They renamed the fortification Fort Ticonderoga. The . . . — — Map (db m193840) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, 1.6 miles east of Fort Ti Road, on the left when traveling west.
This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation. 1775 - 1783
Presented by New York State Organization
Daughters of . . . — — Map (db m221835) WM
On Adirondack Park at Carnegie Place, on the left when traveling east on Adirondack Park.
Richards' Dam
At 18 feet, this dam is the lowest of the six surviving dams, but it supported several of the most productive enterprises in Ticonderoga. Of all the mill sites along the River, the Richards Dam alone retains a historical reference . . . — — Map (db m158032) HM
On U.S. 9, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
Robert Rogers and 74 of his Rangers in Jan. 1757 in this vicinity fought superior French forces for several hours and successfully escaped. — — Map (db m9537) HM
On Hague Road (New York State Route 9N) 1.7 miles south of Montcalm Street, on the right when traveling south.
Ambushed by superior French
forces, Robert Rogers and
74 rangers fought near this
site on Jan. 21, 1757. All
but 14 rangers survived. — — Map (db m200377) HM
Near Rogers Street at Canal Heights, on the right when traveling north.
( center tablet )
On July 30 1609, French Explorer
Samuel de Champlain and native
allies met near here and fought
the Battle of Ticonderoga
( right tablet)
Born around 1567 in the coastal town of Brouge, France, young . . . — — Map (db m157504) HM
Near Montcalm Street (Route 74) at Cannonball Path, on the right when traveling west.
The waterfall in front of you spans only half of its original width. The left half disappeared long ago into Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company (later, International Paper Company) penstocks. The remainder of the waterfall fed both the American . . . — — Map (db m125185) HM
Near Fort Ti Road (New York State Route 74) 1.5 miles east of Mountain Road (New York State Route 22).
On August 1, 1776 this English mortar exploded at Ticonderoga during a test firing. In the War of 1812, this piece was used as ballast in an American warship on Lake Champlain. It was in the remains of that vessel that this fragment was recovered in . . . — — Map (db m125192) HM
On New York State Route 9N, on the left when traveling south.
One of the earliest common burying grounds of historic Ticonderoga. Memorialized here are many first settlers, early doctors and supervisors, the town’s first State Senator, veterans of the Revolutionary, 1812, and Civil Wars. Last burial of a Civil . . . — — Map (db m11711) HM
Near Mt. Defiance Street, on the right when traveling east.
Marker #1: Two historic waterways converge at Ticonderoga. Long before the region became important to European powers, Native Americans made a portage here for carrying canoes and gear between Lake George and Lake Champlain. The five-mile-long . . . — — Map (db m19882) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
In the mid-18th century, this battlefield was a focal point in the Seven Years’ War, a world war between France and Great Britain. Here the two super-powers struggled for control of the Lake Champlain Lake George water highway, the strategic . . . — — Map (db m9590) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the left when traveling west.
The earthen walls in front of you, called the French Lines, are the remains of a defensive wall built in the eighteenth century to defend Fort Ticonderoga from attack. The French Lines as you see them today are the original un-restored remains of . . . — — Map (db m126143) HM
On Montcalm Street (New York State Route 74) at Cannonball Path, on the right when traveling west on Montcalm Street.
The waters of Lake George falling over Bicentennial Falls today form a pretty backdrop for Bicentennial Park. For more than two hundred years this waterfall also produced power. Beginning with a French sawmill in 1756, soldiers, later followed by . . . — — Map (db m125183) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.
1776 1929 Through this entrance to the place D’Armes of the fort have passed George Washington, Ethan Allen, Benjamin Franklin, Seth Warner, Benedict Arnold, Major Robert Rogers, Horatio Gates, The Marquis de Montcalm, . . . — — Map (db m9449) HM
On Tower Avenue at Mccormick Street, on the right when traveling north on Tower Avenue.
The grindstones lining this street were used by the early mills operating in the 1800’s.
The mills were located in the entire area of the falls on the La Chute River.
They were salvaged by Vincent Strebe and erected in 1978.
. . . — — Map (db m125100) HM
On Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling south.
In tribute to the heroism of the troops under the unfortunate Maj. Gen’l. James Abercromby in the attack on the French lines, July 8th, 1758, to mark the capture of Fort Carillon by Lieut. Gen’l. Sir Jeffrey Amherst July 27th, 1759 and, to record . . . — — Map (db m9585) HM
