Crown Point
Crown Point is a cape in Essex, New York. Crown Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Willow Point, as well as near Chimney Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Essex County, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Point au Chevalure”, “Pointe aux Chevelure”, “Pointe de la Couronne”, and “Teckyadough Nigarige”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crown Point State Historic Site and Fort Saint-Frédéric.
Crown Point State Historic Site
Park
Crown Point State Historic Site is the site of a former military stronghold at the south end of the wider part of Lake Champlain. The location is in Essex County, New York, United States.
Fort Saint-Frédéric
Fort
Photo: Petersent, Public domain.
Fort Saint-Frédéric was a French fort built on Lake Champlain to secure the region against British colonization and control the lake. It was located in modern New York State across the lake from modern Vermont at the town of Crown Point, New York.
Crown Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Crown Point Light on Lake Champlain is a former lighthouse at Crown Point, New York, that now exists as a memorial to the exploration of the lake by Samuel de Champlain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chimney Point and Port Henry.
Chimney Point
Hamlet
Photo: Zeph77, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chimney Point is a peninsula in the town of Addison, Vermont, which juts into Lake Champlain forming a narrows. It is one of the earliest settled and most strategic sites in the Champlain Valley.
Port Henry
Village
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Henry is a hamlet in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2010 census. Port Henry lies on the eastern side of the town of Moriah and is approximately one hour's drive south of Plattsburgh. Port Henry is situated 4½ km northwest of Crown Point.
Moriah
Village
Photo: Enesse Bhé, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moriah is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. Lying within the Adirondack Park, it is situated in the eastern part of the county, 47 miles by road south-southwest of Burlington, Vermont, 55 miles south of Plattsburgh, 115 miles north of Albany, and 116 miles south of Montreal, Quebec. Moriah is situated 7 km northwest of Crown Point.
Crown Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Essex, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Crown Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crown Point”
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Localities in the Area
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