Fort William Henry - Lake George Village, NY, USA
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N 43° 25.211 W 073° 42.659
18T E 604347 N 4808283
Fort William Henry is located in Lake George Village, NY, USA.
Waymark Code: WMK83K
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2014
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Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George in the province of New York.
It is best known as the site of notorious atrocities committed by Indians against the surrendered British and provincial troops following a successful French siege in 1757, an event which is the focus of James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans, first published in January 1826.
The fort's construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, during the French and Indian War, as a staging ground for attacks against the French fort at Crown Point called Fort St. Frédéric. It was part of a chain of British and French forts along the important inland waterway from New York City to Montreal, and occupied a key forward location on the frontier between New York and New France.
If you take the guided tour to visit the Fort, you will see the prison cells and the pillories in the courtyard.
Type of Device: pillories and jail
What is the approximate age?: 01/01/1755
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