KEY TO MAP |
1 |
Near the site of General Montcalm's 1st battery, now sits
the Old Courthouse, which contains exhibits and a book & gift shop.
Small fee. |
2 |
Landing area, called Artillery Cove, for Montcalm's
cannons & mortars. |
3 |
The site of Montcalm's Camp during the siege |
4 |
Deliberately sunk, as a winter's hiding place ... to be
reused later ... were 260 bateaux belonging to the British &
provincials. |
5 |
Montcalm's Entrenchments ran from here as the French army
dug ever closer in their artillery bombardment. |
6 |
A walkway called Warship Row, the scene of various
activities of French raiders & Rogers' Rangers between early 1757
& 1759. |
7 |
Started in 1817, The Lake George Steamboat Company still
launches boat tours from here, describing the history of Lake George. |
8 |
One of three Military Docks used by British &
provincial troops for loading & unloading supplies. |
9 |
A Radeau Warship, built & launched from this site now
lies beneath 107 feet of Lake George water two miles northward. |
10 |
General William Johnson's command tent was located near
here during the Battle of Lake George in 1755. |
11 |
The ruins of Fort George, the never-completed descendant
of Fort William Henry. |
12 |
Representing the first Americans is this
Indian Memorial ... once an integral part of the region's fabric. |
13 |
Killed during the Battle of Lake George,
are these 4 Unknown Soldiers buried at this place. |
14 |
During the siege of Boston, during the early
stages of the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox passed through this area laden with artillery captured from Fort Ticonderoga to the north. |
15 |
Winifred S. LaRose Monument memorializes a
great conservationist who did much to preserve what we have of this
region today. |
16 |
A Patron Saint, Father Isaac Jogues, who
originally named Lake George Lac Du Saint-Sacrement, was twice
captured, tortured, and finally killed by Mohawks. |
17 |
The reconstructed Fort William Henry stands
here today ... Guardian of Lake George! |
18 |
Monument to the defenders of Fort William
Henry during the siege of 1757 ... The 35th Regiment of Foot, commanded
by Lt. Colonel George Monro. |
19 |
A Common Stone ... hauled in from the
Mohawk River ... commemorates the common men who constructed, fought
& died at Fort William Henry. |
20 |
Here, at the Fort William Henry Cemetery
& Memorial, site of the old colonial cemetery, are the remains of
men killed in the siege and massacre. |
The entire tour is 3.3 miles
long, round trip, and takes about 2 hours of walking time. See these
historic places, etched in our minds via The Last of the Mohicans, and
relive history! |