FROM THE RAMPARTS ... The Eighth Dispatch

A dispatch from Fort William Henry, late spring 2002

View, From the Ramparts, facing north down Lake George

PHOTO GALLERY: IN & AROUND FORT WILLIAM HENRY a tour
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PHOTO CAPTIONS/DESCRIPTIONS
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#1 West side of Fort & moat, facing north.

#2 Entrance to The Crypt - the "Crypt" is on the spot where 5 mutilated skeletons were found by archaeologists in the 1950s. The bodies represent the FIRST massacre victims from that fatal day. SEE: FORT WILLIAM HENRY ... Digging for Clues

#3 The new Crypt display.

#4 Native American display & fireplace - north barracks.

#5 Museum artifact display.

#6 Holding cells in the west barrack's basement.

#7 View of the north barracks, From the Ramparts - facing south west.

#8 "Live" cannon targeting Montcalm's main camp (Shepherd Park). 

#9 West curtain wall cannon - facing north - reproduction pieces representing F&I War-era.

#10  French Mountain from the east wall.

#11 Courtyard, facing the north barracks.

#12  The west and north barracks.

#13 Looking east at French Mountain.

#14  The courtyard, looking south - the 24-pounder is a F&I War-era relic.

#15 View to the south east ... towards the "massacre" site & old military road, now obscured by foliage.

... Tim Cordell, June 8, 2002

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SEE ALSO:

FORT WILLIAM HENRY ... The Siege & Massacre

FORT WILLIAM HENRY ... Digging for Clues

DEATH OF LORD HOWE

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