Fort St. Frédéric

Fort St. Frédéric had an outer bastioned limestone wall enclosing the Citadel, a four-story, eight-sided tower with walls twelve feet thick at the base. Cannon were mounted on each floor of the Citadel, entry was gained by a drawbridge over a dry ditch, and this fortress-within-a-fort contained living quarters for officers and men, a bakery, armory, and storerooms. Swivel cannon were mounted around the perimeter of the fort’s walls. British expeditions led by General William Johnson in 1755 and General James Abercrombie in 1758 attempted to capture Fort St. Frédéric without success. In 1759, the French garrison partially demolished the fort before retreating before an overwhelming force of British and provincial troops under General Jeffrey Amherst.

Crown Point, New York · United States