New York State - Fort Ticonderoga
New York State - Fort Ticonderoga. The fort (formerly Fort Carillon) is a large 18th-century fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York. Constructed by Michel Chartier de Lotbiniere, Marquis de Lotbiniere in the mid 18th century during the Seven Years War. Became strategically important during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and also during the American Revolutionary War
Picture No
10505116
Media ID
45654089
Size
5225px x 3346px
(10.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1905
