Fort Carillon

Fort Carillon, presently known as Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, to protect Lake Champlain from a British invasion. Situated on the lake some 15 miles (24 km) south of Fort Saint-Frédéric, it was built to prevent an attack on Canada and slow the advance of the enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

Assigned to remedy Fort Saint Frédéric's inability to resist a constant British threat to the south, French King's Engineer Michel Chartier de Lotbinière began construction of Fort Carillon where Lake George, at that time called Lac Saint Sacrement, joins Lake Champlain by the La Chute river. Construction began in October 1755.

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Fort Carillon ranks #1,712 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #39 of the 48 mapped in United States. Founded 1755, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 238 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.

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