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Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga commands the outlet of Lake George, where LaChute River flows into Lake Champlain. Here, where the two water routes from the south converged, a modest fur trading post became a French stronghold called Fort Carillon, the key to controlling the water route to Canada. British conquerors held it for a generation before Fort Ticonderoga fell to a rebel force in the first American victory of the Revolution. Now the restored fort interprets both the struggle for empire and the tourism revolution that planted the history of this place in the imagination of all Americans.

LaChute River formed the backbone of the nineteenth-century town of Ticonderoga, the two-hundred-foot drop powering a dizzying array of industries that processed timber, iron, wool, and graphite into lumber, paper, castings, cloth, crucibles, and pencils. Today, the papermill has moved to the lakeshore, opening former industrial land for a riverside park that includes the Heritage Museum. where the industrial stories are told. At the other end of Montcalm Street, facing the Liberty Monument, the Ticonderoga Historical Society interprets social and economic history. Download guide to the LaChute Riverwalk.

Ticonderoga finds many ways to please its visitors, from the Festival Guild concerts under the tent to the many fishing tournaments on Lake Champlain. The town beach offers a glorious view of Roger's Rock on Lake George.

Heritage Center
The Ticonderoga Heritage Museum is the official Heritage Center of the Lakes to Locks Passage. The Heritage Centers provide an orientation to the community theme; identify the location of interpreted sites, nearby attractions and adjacent communities; visitor services information and public restrooms. Please click here for more information about our Heritage Center program.

Transportation
The Ticonderoga Ferry provides historic scenic seven-minute daytime crossings on Lake Champlain between Ticonderoga New York and Shoreham Vermont, connecting The Lake George and Adirondack regions of New York with the Middlebury and Central Green Mountain areas of Vermont.

More than 140 years ago, the Delaware & Hudson began service through Upstate New York. Today, Amtrak's Adirondack carries on the nostalgic and romantic service from the Hudson Valley through the Champlain Valley to Montreal, showcasing the history and scenic beauty of the region along the way. Station service is available in Ticonderoga at the corner of NYS Hwy 74 and Sandy Redoubt near Lake Champlain Ferry. Click here to view the Adirondack Route Guide.

Town of Ticonderoga
PO Box 471
132 Montcalm Street
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
P: 518-585-6265, ext. 12
F: 518-585-3279

Town of Ticonderoga Historian
Lois Gunning
Box 149, Putts Pond Road
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
518-585-4470

For more information about dining or lodging, please contact:
Lake Champlain Visitors Bureau
94 Montcalm Street Suite 1
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
1-866-The Lake
(1-866-843-5253)

Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce
94 Montcalm Street, Suite 1
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
518-585-6619
chamberinfo@bluemoo.net

Adirondack Regional Chambers of Commerce
5 Warren Street
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: 518-798-1761
Fax: 518-792-4147
frontdesk@AdirondackChamber.org

Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce
2176 State Rt 9
PO Box 272
Lake George NY 12845
PH: 518-668-5755
FX: 518-668-4286

 
 

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