Fort Carillon

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Fort Carillon was the original French name for the 18th-century military fortification on Lake Champlain later known as Fort Ticonderoga, a key site in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French colonial fort ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ
attackedBy James Abercrombie ⓘ
battleDate 1758-07-08 ⓘ
builtBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
builtDuring French and Indian War ⓘ
captureDate 1759 ⓘ
capturedBy British forces ⓘ
Jeffery Amherst ⓘ
constructedBy French Army ⓘ
constructionEnd 1757 ⓘ
constructionStart 1755 ⓘ
controlledRoute waterway between Montreal and New York City ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 43.848°N 73.389°W ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
currentStatus historic site ⓘ
defendedBy Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ⓘ
garrisonedBy British Army ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
moat ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
heritageSuccessor Fort Ticonderoga Museum ⓘ
laterKnownAs Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
linked to: Ticonderoga
locatedIn New France ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Ticonderoga, New York ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Champlain ⓘ
material earthworks ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Carillon ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody La Chute River ⓘ
Lake George ⓘ
partOf defensive line of New France ⓘ
purpose to control access between Canada and the Hudson River Valley ⓘ
region Champlain Valley ⓘ
renamed Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
linked to: Ticonderoga
renamedBy British Army ⓘ
renamedDate 1759 ⓘ
resultOfBattleOfCarillon French victory ⓘ
siteOf Battle of Carillon ⓘ
strategicLocation narrows between Lake George and Lake Champlain ⓘ
usedInConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
French and Indian War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ

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Fort Ticonderoga → formerlyKnownAs → Fort Carillon ⓘ
subject linked to: Ticonderoga
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (French and Indian War) → relatedFort → Fort Carillon (original French name of Fort Ticonderoga) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Carillon
Battle of Carillon → location → Fort Carillon ⓘ
Battle of Carillon → namedAfter → Fort Carillon ⓘ
Battle of Carillon → fortLaterKnownAs → Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
linked to: Fort Carillon
Battle on Snowshoes (1758) → near → Fort Carillon ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle on Snowshoes
Carillon → currentName → Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
linked to: Fort Carillon