Ticonderoga
a village in Essex co., N. Y.; on Lake Champlain, and on the Rutland and the Delaware and Hudson River railroads; 90 miles N. of Albany. Here is the outlet of Lake George which falls 150 feet in 1½ miles and affords excellent water power. It has manufactories of machinery, paint, air engines, graphite, blank books, pulp, paper, etc., and an assessed property valuation of about $800,000. Ticonderoga figured prominently during the Colonial and Revolutionary periods. In 1755 the French erected a fort here and named it Carrillon. Two years later Montcalm started from this place with 9,000 men and captured Fort William Henry on Lake George. In 1758 General Abercrombie endeavored to take the French fort, and was repulsed after losing 2,000 men; but in it fell into the hands of General Amherst together with Crown Point. Both were then enlarged and strengthened at a heavy expense. In 1775 the works were taken by Ethan Allen while weakly garrisoned.
Two years later the fort surrendered to General Burgoyne, and after being dis mantled was abandoned. Pop. (1910) 2,475; (1920) 2,102.