Album: Our Campsite
We camped for four nights at Rogers Rock State Park, located at the extreme north west corner of Lake George, perhaps seven miles south of Fort Ticonderoga. Each day, we drove out to visit one or two sites.

Album: Crown Point/ le fort St-Frédéric
On the morning of Tuesday, 19 June, we drove up the west side of Lake Champlain to Crown Point, the first site we wanted to visit.

Album: Le fort Carillon/Fort Ticonderoga
After having lunch at Crown Point village, we returned south (up the lake) to Ticonderoga, originally built by the French as le fort Carillon and renamed Ticonderoga following its capture by the British and Provincial Troops.

Album: Mount Defiance
Mount Defiance, considerably higher than Ticonderoga, is close by, to the southwest. While the American forces knew that from it, enemy guns could rake the fort, they did nothing to deny it to the enemy. Burgoyne's army taught them the error of their ways!

Album: The Ticonderoga Ferry
The Ticonderoga ferry is the fastest way to go from Ticonderoga to Mount Independence so, on Wednesday, after visiting Mount Defiance, we headed off to Vermont.

Album: Mount Independence
Mount Independence is located on the other side of the narrow from Fort Ticonderoga. It was a massive encampment with a large star shaped fort and a number of outlying redoubts, with magazines, stores, a hospital, etc. Unfortunately, like Ticonderoga, it could be swept by artillery fire from Mount Defiance.

Album: Skenesborough (Whitehall)
Skenesborough (now Whitehall) is where the very first fleet of the United States Navy was built, then commanded in the Battle of Valcour Island by that remarkable and tragic man, Benedict Arnold. Though Arnold lost the battle, the British need to first build a fleet and then fight a battle with Arnold, took so much time that the British attack south to New York did not take place in 1776. A year later, when the attack did take place, the American army was in a much better position to defend itself. Sue and I spent much of Thursday visiting Whitehall to look for traces of Arnold's navy.

Album: The Saratoga Battlefield
On Friday morning, we broke camp early and headed south to Saratoga to meet our friends John and Dot Anson.