The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600-1763 by Rene Chartrand

Author:Rene Chartrand
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Forts of New France: In Northeast America 1600–1763
ISBN: 9781472803184
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

An evocative profile of Fort Saint-Frédéric as it appeared from 1737 to 1759, set on a glass plate that overlays the archeological ruins of the fort in the distance. Just beyond the fort, out of focus, is the modern bridge linking the states of New York and Vermont. This plate can be seen in the interpretation center maintained by the State of New York at Crown Point State Historic Site.

Ticonderoga

In spring 1755, hostilities had not yet been formally declared between France and Britain, but a state of war already existed following battles between French and Anglo-American troops in the contested Ohio Valley. With an outdated Fort Saint-Frédéric to guard its southern access to Canada, a new fort was urgently needed to guard the vital Lake Champlain and Richelieu River waterways. Both countries sent metropolitan troops to reinforce their respective domains. The British under General Edward Braddock were vanquished by French colonial troops, Canadian militiamen, and allied Indians near Fort Duquesne in July 1755. The French troops under Baron Dieskau went down past Lake Champlain to be repulsed by American militiamen at Lake George in early September. Both metropolitan generals were lost, and it was an inauspicious start. The new governor general of New France, the Canadian-born Marquis de Vaudreuil – his father had been governor general from 1701 to 1725 – had just assumed office. Seeing the gaping hole created by Baron Dieskau’s defeat in the southern sector, he immediately gave instructions to build a substantial masonry fort south of Fort Saint-Frédéric, at Ticonderoga, just above the northern end of Lake George (known as Saint-Sacrement by the French).

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