Colonial Forts of the Champlain and Hudson Valleys: Sentinels of Wood and Stone

by Michael G. Laramie

Overview

Defending New France and New England, From Montreal to New York City, the rivers and lakes of the Hudson and Cham/plain Valleys carved a path through the primeval forests of the Northeast. The rival French and English colonies on either end built strategic strongholds there throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The establishment of Fort St. Frederic at Crown Point gave the French command over the vital Lake Champlain. The French and Indian War saw the construction of frontier forts such as the English Fort William Henry at the headwaters of Lake George. Fortifications sometimes changed hands and names, such as when French-built Fort Carillon became the famed Fort Ticonderoga after a successful English siege. Author Michael G. Laramie charts the attempts to secure the most important chain of waterways in early North America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467144865
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/31/2020
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,123,283
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Michael G. Laramie is the author of The European Invasion of North America: Colonial Conflict Along the Hudson-Champlain Corridor, 1609-1760; By Wind and Iron: Naval Campaigns in the Champlain Valley, 1665-1815 (Westholme 2014); and King William's War: The First Contest for North America, 1689-1697 (Westholme 2017). He lives with his family in Arizona.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Old Invasion Route, 1643-1760 9

1 The Richelieu Valley 21

2 Lake Champlain 42

3 Lake George and the Upper Hudson' Valley 73

4 The Lower Hudson Valley 97

Appendix A Glossary 109

Appendix B Documents 113

Report on the Frontier Defenses of New York Colonel Wolfgang Romer 113

Report on the Harbor of New York Colonel Wolfgang Romer 115

Directions to the Commandant at Fort William Henry Captain William Eyre 117

Directions to the Commandant at Fort Edward Captain William Eyre 120

Remarks on Forts William Henry and Edward Captain Harry Gordon 122

State of the Works at Fort Edward Colonel James Montresor 125

Memoir on Fort Carillon M. de Pont le Roy, Engineer in Chief 126

Remarks on the Situation of Fort Carillon and Its Approaches Captain D'Hughs 127

Appendix C The Legend of Duncan Campbell 133

Appendix D The Forts Today 135

Notes 137

Bibliography 147

Index 155

About the Author 159