Fort Ticonderoga

This picture of the Officers Quarters was taken at Fort Ticonderoga off Route 74 just two (2) miles East of downtown Ticonderoga, New York.  Fort Ticonderoga was originally Fort Carillon built by the French between 1754 and 1757 during the French and Indian War.  The Fort was again used in both the Great Britain & France conflicts and also during the American Revolutionary War.  In May of 1775, the state militia under the command of Ethan Allen & Benedict Arnold and along with the Green Mountain Boys captured the Fort in a surprise attack against Great Britain.  The name 'Ticonderoga' is an Iroquois word meaning a junction of two waterways, in this case a river portage on La Chute River between Lake Champlain and Lake George.