Fort William Henry Historical Fortress and Museum
48 Canada St, Lake George, NY 12845, USA
New York, USA
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FORT
EST. 1755
FORTIFICATION
EST. 1755
BATTLEFIELD
August 3–9, 1757
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Fort William Henry Historical Fortress and Museum.
A twentieth-century reconstruction of Fort William Henry occupies part of the original Lake George site. The commercial museum contains recreated bastions, barracks, parade ground, artillery, exhibits, archaeological materials, and demonstrations, while surrounding development has substantially altered the wider eighteenth-century military landscape.
About Fort William Henry Historical Fortress and Museum
Fort William Henry was constructed by the British in 1755 during the French and Indian War and destroyed after its surrender to French forces in 1757. Although it did not operate during the American Revolution, the fort’s history shaped the military experience of the Revolutionary generation. The struggle for the Lake George–Lake Champlain corridor anticipated the region’s renewed strategic importance during the campaigns of 1775 and 1777.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Fort William Henry Historical Fortress and Museum
Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort's construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, during the French and Indian War, as a staging ground for attacks against the French position at Fort St. Frédéric. It was part of a chain of British and French forts along the important inland waterway from New York City to Montreal, and occupied a key forward location on the frontier between New York and New France. In 1757, the French general Louis-Joseph de Montcalm conducted a successful siege that forced the British to surrender. The Huron warriors who accompanied the French army subsequently killed many of the British prisoners. The siege and massacre were portrayed in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans.
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