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Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga
, formerly
Fort Carillon
, is a large 18th-century
star fort
built by the
French
at a narrows near the south end of
Lake Champlain
in northern
New York
in the
United States
. It was constructed by Canadian-born French military engineer
Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière
between October 1755 and 1757 during the
Seven Years' War
, often referred to as the
French and Indian War
in the US. It was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again played an important role during the
American Revolutionary War
.
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