Mount Defiance is an high hill on the
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side of
Lake Champlain
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, in the northeastern United States. It is notable in that the hill militarily dominates both
Fort Ticonderoga
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and
Mount Independence, but it was deemed inaccessible so never fortified. Mount Defiance was previously known as Sugar Loaf.
In the 1777
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, the
British army
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succeeded in positioning
artillery
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on Mount Defiance, causing the
Continental Army
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to withdraw from both forts without a fight.
Mount Defiance is located in the town of
Ticonderoga in southeastern
Essex County.
Gallery
References
External links
Fort Ticonderoga National Historic Landmark - Battlegrounds(includes Mount Defiance)
Mountains of Essex County, New York
Mountains of New York (state)
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