French forts in North America

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 74. Chapters: French forts in Canada, French forts in St. Pierre and Miquelon, French forts in the United States, Military forts in Acadia, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Duquesne, Old Mobile Site, Starved Rock State Park, Fortress of Louisbourg, Fort Saint-Jean, Fort Frontenac, Fort Beauséjour, Fort Maurepas, Moose Factory, Ontario, Forts of Vincennes, Indiana, Fort Niagara, Fort Edward, Fort Ouiatenon, Fort de Chartres, Fort Detroit, Forts of Fort Wayne, Indiana, List of French forts in North America, Fort St. Joseph (Niles, Michigan), Fort Conde, Fort Senneville, Fort Caroline, Fort Orleans, Fort Prudhomme, Citadelle of Quebec, Fort Michilimackinac, Fort Chambly, Fort Carillon, Fort Toulouse, Fort Albany, Ontario, Petit fort, Fort de Buade, Fort Gaspareaux, York Factory, Manitoba, Fort St. Charles, Fort Menagoueche, Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Massac, Fort Vieux Logis, Fort Rouillé, Fort St. Frédéric, Fort Assumption, Fort Machault, Fort Gibraltar, Fort Presque Isle, Fort Tombecbe, Fort Rosalie, Castle Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador, Fort Kaministiquia, Fort de Cavagnal, Fort St. Pierre, Fort Crevecoeur, Fort Ville-Marie, Fort Richelieu, Fort de La Présentation, Fort Paskoya, Fort de la Corne, Fort La Reine, Fort Boishebert, Fort La Baye, Port-la-Joye-Fort Amherst, Fort Bourbon, Fort Rouge, Fort Beauharnois, Magasin Royale, Fort Espérance, Fort Saint Antoine, Fort La Jonquière, Fort Trempealeau, Bas de la Rivière, Fort Dauphin, Fort De La Boulaye Site, Fort Royal, Pointe aux Cannon Battery, Fort L'Huillier, Fort Lévis, Fort Saint Jacques, Fort Miami, Fort Sandoské, Fort des Natchitoches. Excerpt: Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York in the United States. It was constructed by Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière between 1754 and 1757 during the Seven Years' War, often referred to as the French and Indian War in the USA. It was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again played a role during the American Revolutionary War. The site controlled a river portage alongside the mouth of the rapids-infested La Chute River in the 3.5 miles (6 kilometers) between Lake Champlain and Lake George and was strategically placed in conflicts over trade routes between the British-controlled Hudson River Valley and the French-controlled Saint Lawrence River Valley. The terrain amplified the importance of the site. Both lakes were long and narrow, oriented north-south, as were the many ridge lines of the Appalachian Mountains extending as far south as Georgia, creating the near-impassable mountainous terrains to the east and west of the Great Appalachian Valley that the site commanded. The name "Ticonderoga" comes from the Iroquois word tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways". During the 1758 Battle of Carillon, 4,000 French defenders were able to repel an attack by 16,000 British troops near the fort. In 1759, the British returned and drove a token French garrison from the fort merely by occupying high ground that threatened the fort. During the American Revolutionary War, the fort again saw action in May 1775 when the Green Mountain Boys and other state militia under the command of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured it in a surprise attack. Cannons captured were transported to Boston where their deployment f...