Mount Independence
Encyclopedia
Mount Independence is a 306 ft (93.3 m) high hill on the Vermont
side of Lake Champlain
, in the northeastern United States
.
It is a Vermont State Historic Site
and was the site of Fort Independence
, an American revolutionary war
fortification built opposite Fort Ticonderoga
. Unfortunately both forts were dominated, militarily, by the higher Mount Defiance
.
Mount Independence is located at 43°49′35"N 73°22′49"W.
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
side of Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States but partially situated across the Canada—United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec.The New York portion of the Champlain Valley includes the eastern portions of...
, in the northeastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
It is a Vermont State Historic Site
Vermont State Historic Sites
Vermont State Historic Sites are owned and administered by the U.S. state of Vermont's Division for Historic Preservation, a part of the Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development...
and was the site of Fort Independence
Fort Independence (Vermont)
Fort Independence was a fort built in 1775 on Mount Independence next to Lake Champlain. It was placed directly across from Fort Ticonderoga to help fortify the approach to Albany. The intent was to provide a combined, two-shore defense to approaching British Forces...
, an American revolutionary war
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
fortification built opposite Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century fort built by the Canadians and the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York in the United States...
. Unfortunately both forts were dominated, militarily, by the higher Mount Defiance
Mount Defiance
Mount Defiance is an high hill on the New York side of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern United States. It is notable in that the hill militarily dominates both Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Independence, but it was deemed inaccessible so never fortified. Mount Defiance was previously known as...
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Mount Independence is located at 43°49′35"N 73°22′49"W.