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Lake Champlain,
Lake George & Richelieu River History
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1665 June 19
Four companies of the famed
Carignan-Salières
regiment land at Quebec. These seasoned troops are a
reflection of Louis XVI's determination to protect the small group
of habitants in New France.
Soon, elements of this crack unit will be stationed on
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1668 June
Rev. Laval, the first bishop of
Quebec, visits Fort Ste. Anne,
making the arduous journey by canoe. |
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1691 June
150 English, together with 300 Indians
under Major Philip Schuyler, attack
Canada
via the lakes from
Albany. Losses to the English are minimal, but the surprise
attack costs the Canadians some 200 killed and wounded.
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1756 June 13
“…I embarked with a party of 26 men in battoes upon Lake George,
to revisit the French advanced guard; excessive thunder and
lightening [sic]obliged us to land at about ten miles distance from
our fort, where we spent the night.” Robert
Rogers |
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1759
June 21
“Amherst reached the head of Lake
George with
an army of 6,000 men, where he remained a month waiting for the
remainder of the troops to come up.”
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1760
June 6
“Rogers
was attacked while encamped near place of landing [the
Point au Fer
peninsula]
by 350 French troops, sent from fort at Isle Aux Noix under command
of M. LeForce and, after a short but severe engagement, defeated the
French who returned to Isle Aux Noix
, while he returned to
Isle la Motte.”
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1763
June 7
“Burlington
and
Colchestereach
received its charter. The former township was originally 36 square
miles, measuring 10 miles in a right line along the Winooskiriver and six miles from north to south on the eastern
boundary. Among the grantees of Colchester
there
were ten by the name of Burling and it is supposed that the name of
Burlington
was given by
mistake to the adjoining town to the south.”
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1776
June 1
“William Hay,
who lived in a house near the shore of the lake opposite
Valcour,
on a tract of land granted in 1765 to Lieut. Friswell, went to
Montreal to
purchase a supply of flour and while there, was arrested and thrown
into prison by order of Gen. Carleton.
After several days, at the solicitation of merchants of that city,
he was released. On his return he went to Crown Pointand gave the American commander there information
regarding the strength and plans of the Indians that was considered
of much value at the time.”
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1777 June 8
“As morning dawned on Montreal the
roll of drums and the clamor of bugles roused the sleeping
inhabitants and called together Burgoyne's
army, consisting of 3,724 British, 3,016 German soldiers of the
line, 743 artillery men and 250 Canadians, ready to embark on the
expedition to Fort Ticonderoga.”
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America's Historic Lakes:
SOURCES:
Millard, James P. 2007.
Lake Passages: A
Journey through the Centuries. Volume I: 1609-1909.
South Hero, Vermont: America's Historic Lakes
Tuttle, Mrs. George Fuller. 1909. THREE CENTURIES IN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY-
A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL FACTS AND INCIDENTS, Tercentenary Edition. Plattsburgh,
NY: Saranac Chapter, D.A. R. |
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