Birthplace of the
American Experience |
Statue of Samuel de Champlain
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For
10,000 years, Native Americans hunted, fished and traded in this region.
Samuel de Champlain was the first European to explore the lake in 1609.
Trappers and traders traveled the length of Lake Champlain between Albany
and Montreal. Crown
Point State Historic Site- 518-597-3666
Fort Ticonderoga - 518-585-2821
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Fort Ticonderoga
Chimney
Point State Historic Site - Vermont - 802-759-2412
Fort William Henry, Lake George
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Adirondack Yesteryears |
A Colony Becomes a
Nation
During the mid-18th century, the Lake Champlain Valley became center
stage as the European superpowers, Britain and France, fought for control
of the strategic water highway during the French & Indian War. A generation
later, the new American republic was forged and defended here during the
American Revolution and the War of 1812. After the American Revolution,
families cleared the land for farms while lakeshore communities thrived
as centers for shipbuilding and transportation. |
Town
of Essex - 518-963-4287
Mt. Independence State Historic Site (Orwell, VT) - 802-948-2000
Lake Champlain Maritime
Museum - Basin Harbor, Vermont
Lake Champlain Underwater Historic Preserves - 518-897-1200
The Northern
Campaign - 518-585-2821
1812 Homestead Farm & Museum - Willsboro - 518-963-4071
Adsit Log Cabin
- Willsboro - 518-963-4598
The Adirondack Museum
- Blue Mt. Lake - 518-352-7311
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The Adirondack Museum |
Adirondack History Center Museum |
Adirondack
History Center Museum - Elizabethtown - 518-873-6466
Hancock House
(Ticonderoga Historical Society) - 518-585-7868
John
Brown Farm - Lake Placid - 518-523-3900
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John Brown Farm |
Cartoon Museum, Ticonderoga |
Lake Placid-North Elba Historical
Society Museum - 518-523-1608
The
Penfield Homestead Museum
and Ironville Historic District - 518-597-3804
Iron
Center Museum - Port Henry - 518-546-3587
Ticonderoga
Heritage Museum - 518-585-2696
1932-1980
Winter Olympic Museum - Lake Placid - 518-523-1655
Cartoon Museum - Ticonderoga - 518-585-7015 |
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Lake
Champlain Visitors Center
94 Montcalm Street Suite 1
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
518-585-6619
Fax:
518-585-9184
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