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Sponsored LinksTravel reviews & great deals at TripAdvisor: Crown PointCrown Point, town (1990 pop. 1,963), Essex co., NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain. Crown Point is a summer resort on a historic site. The French began building Fort St. Frédéric in 1731. In the French and Indian Wars the fort successfully resisted (1755–56) early English attacks but was demolished (1759) before the advance of Jeffery Amherst. The British began a new fort, Fort Amherst (renamed Crown Point) in 1759. Early in the American Revolution, Crown Point was captured (May 12, 1775) by Seth Warner and a detachment of Green Mountain Boys, but it was abandoned (June 22, 1777) to Gen. John Burgoyne in the Saratoga campaign. Crown Point Reservation, with bathing and fishing facilities, a museum, and ruins of colonial forts, is nearby. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Crown Point from Infoplease:
- John HAMMOND - HAMMOND, John (1827—1889) HAMMOND, John, a Representative from New York; born at Crown Point, ...
- John Barney PETERSON - PETERSON, John Barney (1850—1944) PETERSON, John Barney, (cousin of Horatio Clifford Claypool ...
- Thomas Jefferson WOOD - WOOD, Thomas Jefferson (1844—1908) WOOD, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from Indiana; ...
- Pierre Joseph de Céloron de Blainville - Céloron de Blainville, Pierre Joseph de Céloron de Blainville, Pierre Joseph de , ...
- Seth Warner - Warner, Seth Warner, Seth, 1743–84, hero of the American Revolution, b. Roxbury, Conn. One of ...
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