FORT GEORGE AND ABPP Grant GA-2287-16-005 Analysis of Military Campaigns ENVIRONS Town of Lake George, NY ARCHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS .Primary and secondary historical research .Historical map analysis .Field mapping .KOCOA .GPS and GIS data collection HISTORICAL RESEARCH: MAPPING THE PAST Today 1757 1757 1757 1757 GROUND TRUTHING ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNATURES HISTORICAL TIMELINE 1755- Battle of Lake George-Fort William Henry built 1756- Improvements to Fort William Henry 1757-French Siege –destruction of Fort William Henry 1758- General Abercromby and his Army- failed attack at Ticonderoga 1759- General Amherst and his Army- Fort George started RESOURCE INVENTORY FORMS 1. Historical map-based resources =56 2. Burials = 1 3. Battle engagement areas = 5 4. Total 62 resources SUMMARY OF RESOURCES Year Resource Battlefield(s) s 1755 9 1 1756 7 0 1757 16 2 1758 12 0 1759 11 0 1760-1783 1 2 56 5 Hadden 1777 Gridley 1756 SUMMARY OF RESOURCES Year Acres 1755 55 1756 8 1757 398 1758 95 1759 22 1760-1783 15 Totals 593 1755 Number Name 1 William Johnson Encampment 2 Military Road 3 Bloody Pond 4 Johnsons’ Picket Fort 5 Magazine, Marquee, Artillery Park, 6 Fort William Henry 7 South Ravelin 8 Diamond Island and Dick’s Islands 9 Causeway over swamp 1755 BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE Approx. state park lands 1757 Number Name 1 Montcalm’s Camp 2 English Camp before Siege 3 Wharf and Magazine at Montcalm’s Landing 4 Col. Young’s Retrenchment 5 Montcalm’s Right Flank 6 Native Camps during Siege 7 French Marines and Infantry above West Brook 8 Scouting Parties, Grenadiers and Pickets, 1st Position of French Army 9 French Position after Siege, East of West Brook 10 French Position after Siege, West of West Brook 11 French Batteries and Saps 12 English Gardens 13 English Redoubt 14 French Causeway 15 French Rear Guard 16 Bridge/Sluice over East Brook 1757 SIEGE OF FORT WILLIAM HENRY BATTLEFIELD SUMMARY Battlefield Year Acres 1755 571 1757a 320 1757b 741 1777 750 1780 725 Total 3,107 NEXT STEPS? Short-Term Protection Strategies Signage Web/Social Media Other Long-Term Protection Strategies Preservation Initiatives Local Museum Curation Interpretation Easements/Covenants/Purchases Consideration of Archeological/Historical Importance during Zoning/Permitting Processes Evaluation of Economic Impacts of Heritage Tourism Archeological Fieldwork-??? .