Fort William Henry
Fort · Lake George, New York
A reconstruction at the foot of LAKE GEORGE of the British log fort besieged and taken by Montcalm in August 1757 — ⚠ AND THE SITE OF THE MASSACRE OF THE SURRENDERED GARRISON BY FRANCE'S INDIGENOUS ALLIES, which James Fenimore Cooper turned into the central episode of THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. ⚠ THE ARCHAEOLOGY BENEATH IT IS THE REAL THING, and it is still being excavated.
48 Canada Street, Lake George, New York, 12845, United States
⚠ SEASONAL — roughly MAY TO OCTOBER, and much of Lake George village closes outside it. ⚠ CHECK THE DAY'S FIRING DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULE ON ARRIVAL: musket, cannon and mortar firings run several times daily in season, are included with admission, and are the difference between a good visit and a thin one. ⚠ IT IS A PRIVATE MUSEUM, not a state or national site, so no state or federal pass applies. ⚠ LAKE GEORGE BATTLEFIELD PARK NEXT DOOR IS A FREE NEW YORK STATE SITE holding the ground of the 1755 battle — a DIFFERENT engagement two years before the siege, and constantly confused with it. Do both. ⚠ HOURS AND PRICES NOT VERIFIED.
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