Fort Montgomery

Fort Montgomery on is the second of two United States forts built at the northernmost point of the United States part of the lake: a first, unnamed fort had been built on the same site in 1816 but had been disassembled after engineers realised they were building on Canadian territory.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: fort
  • Also known as: “Fort Blunder”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Rouses Point Bridge and Rouses Point station.

Bridge
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The carries U.S. Route 2 across… is situated 2,600 feet south of Fort Montgomery.

Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an Amtrak intercity train… is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Fort Montgomery.

Aerodrome
is a public use seaplane…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Champlain and Rouses Point and Alburgh.

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are a pair of adjacent…

Village
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is a village within in , , United States. is situated 3 miles southeast of Fort Montgomery.

Village
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the province of … is situated 5 miles northeast of Fort Montgomery.

Fort Montgomery

Latitude
45.00604° or 45° 0′ 22″ north
Longitude
-73.34889° or 73° 20′ 56″ west
Open location code
87Q82M42+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185378466
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q742101
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Japanese—“Fort Montgomery” goes by many names.

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Highlights: Montgomery Island and Rouses Point Trailway.

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