Fort Carillon

E221839

Fort Carillon was the original French name for the 18th-century military fortification on Lake Champlain later known as Fort Ticonderoga, a key site in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French colonial fort
military fortification
attackedBy James Abercrombie
battleDate 1758-07-08
builtBy Kingdom of France
builtDuring French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: French and Indian War
captureDate 1759
capturedBy British forces
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
surface form: Jeffery Amherst
constructedBy French Army
constructionEnd 1757
constructionStart 1755
controlledRoute waterway between Montreal and New York City
coordinatesApprox 43.848°N 73.389°W
country Kingdom of France
currentStatus historic site
defendedBy Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
garrisonedBy British Army
Continental Army
French Army
hasFeature bastions
moat
ramparts
heritageSuccessor Fort Ticonderoga museum complex
surface form: Fort Ticonderoga Museum
laterKnownAs Ticonderoga
surface form: Fort Ticonderoga
locatedIn New France
North America
Ticonderoga, New York
locatedOn Lake Champlain
material earthworks
stone
namedAfter Carillon
nearbyWaterBody La Chute River
Lake George, New York
surface form: Lake George
partOf defensive line of New France
purpose to control access between Canada and the Hudson River Valley
region Lake Champlain Valley
surface form: Champlain Valley
renamed Ticonderoga
surface form: Fort Ticonderoga
renamedBy British Army
renamedDate 1759
resultOfBattleOfCarillon French victory
siteOf Battle of Carillon
strategicLocation narrows between Lake George and Lake Champlain
usedInConflict American Revolutionary War
French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: French and Indian War

Seven Years' War

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ticonderoga formerlyKnownAs Fort Carillon
subject surface form: Fort Ticonderoga
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (French and Indian War) relatedFort Fort Carillon
this entity surface form: Fort Carillon (original French name of Fort Ticonderoga)
Battle of Carillon location Fort Carillon
Battle of Carillon namedAfter Fort Carillon
Battle of Carillon fortLaterKnownAs Fort Carillon
this entity surface form: Fort Ticonderoga
Battle on Snowshoes near Fort Carillon
subject surface form: Battle on Snowshoes (1758)