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Crown Point Historic Site, Crown Point, NY

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Crown Point Historic Site

Ruins of two 18th-century forts on a Lake Champlain peninsula, with a museum and guided walking tours.

21 Grandview Drive, Crown Point, NY 12928 · Crown Point, NY

About Crown Point Historic Site

This New York State historic site preserves the remains of two colonial-era forts built by the French and British on a peninsula in the Champlain Valley. The French constructed Fort St. Frederic in the 1730s, and the British later built a much larger fort that Americans seized early in the Revolutionary War. Visitors can walk among the stone ruins, visit the museum with a multimedia orientation, scale models, and artifacts excavated by archaeologists, and join guided walking tours. The grounds also offer views of Lake Champlain and the eastern Adirondacks, plus access to a historic pier and a lighthouse.

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  • #French and Indian War
  • #Revolutionary War
  • #forts
  • #museum

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