Location of historic NY battle still a mystery
The site of a history-changing battle lies somewhere amid the dense tangle of forest along the Lake Champlain shoreline in this Adirondack town.
Four-hundred years after French explorer Samuel de Champlain went to war against the Iroquois on July 30, 1609, the battleground's exact location remains elusive.
For years, the two locations claimed bragging rights as the site of Champlain's 1609 battle. But other historians have taken a closer look at the explorer's own account of the battle, and they are now convinced it took place somewhere along the 10 miles of shoreline within the boundary of the town of Ticonderoga.
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Four-hundred years after French explorer Samuel de Champlain went to war against the Iroquois on July 30, 1609, the battleground's exact location remains elusive.
For years, the two locations claimed bragging rights as the site of Champlain's 1609 battle. But other historians have taken a closer look at the explorer's own account of the battle, and they are now convinced it took place somewhere along the 10 miles of shoreline within the boundary of the town of Ticonderoga.