Fort William Henry

Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort's construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, during the French and Indian War, as a staging ground for attacks against the French position at Fort St. Frédéric. It was part of a chain of British and French forts along the important inland waterway from New York City to Montreal, and occupied a key forward location on the frontier between New York and New France. In 1757, the French general Louis-Joseph de Montcalm conducted a successful siege that forced the British to surrender. The Huron warriors who accompanied the French army subsequently killed many of the British prisoners. The siege and massacre were portrayed in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans.

MainTimelineWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearch

1755 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Kingdom of Great Britain, fort, United States, United States, 

• FortWiki page^@
• Starforts page^@
• Tripadvisor page^@
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Location: 43.4203, -73.7111, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,  
5 places

Loading map...

• 

  Battle of Lake George ⓘ
  1755 battle in the Seven Years' War

• 

  Siege of Fort William Henry ⓘ
  1757 siege in the Seven Years' War

• 

  Battle on Snowshoes ⓘ
  1758 battle of the French and Indian War

• 

  Battle of Fort Anne ⓘ
  1777 battle

• 

  Fort William Henry ⓘ
  fort in state New York, at the shore of Lake George  

1755-01-01T00:00:00Z

1755-01-01T00:00:00Z

1755 Fort William Henry

1756-05-17T00:00:00Z

1756-05-17T00:00:00Z

Seven Years' War

1755-09-08T00:00:00Z

1755-09-08T00:00:00Z

1755 Battle of Lake George

1757-08-03T00:00:00Z

1757-08-09T00:00:00Z

1757 Siege of Fort William Henry

1758-03-23T00:00:00Z

1758-03-23T00:00:00Z

1758 Battle on Snowshoes

1777-07-08T00:00:00Z

1777-07-08T00:00:00Z

1777 Battle of Fort Anne

{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

Fort William Henry , Lake George

William Henry side

FortWilliamHenry1765Plan

Carte du siège du fort William Henry en 1757

Fort William Henry, Lake George

Plan du siège de fort William Henry en 1757

FortWillliamHenry

Fort William Henry Lake George NY 2893 (4029369165)

Fort William Henry Lake George NY 2890 (4029366235)

Smoke from the shot Fort William Henry Lake George NY 2892 (4029368049)

• The New International Encyclopædia/Fort William Henry -

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1755	Battle of Lake George	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1757	Siege of Fort William Henry	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1758	Battle on Snowshoes	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1777	Battle of Fort Anne	United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page@		Wikidata
link	page		Starforts page@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Ticonderoga	steamship	Wikidata
site	fort	1755	Fort William Henry	fort, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
commons	image		Fort William Henry , Lake George		Commons
commons	image		William Henry side		Commons
commons	image		FortWilliamHenry1765Plan		Commons
commons	image		Carte du siège du fort William Henry en 1757		Commons
commons	image		Fort William Henry, Lake George		Commons
commons	image		Plan du siège de fort William Henry en 1757		Commons
commons	image		FortWillliamHenry		Commons
commons	image		Fort William Henry Lake George NY 2893 (4029369165)		Commons
commons	image		Fort William Henry Lake George NY 2890 (4029366235)		Commons
commons	image		Smoke from the shot Fort William Henry Lake George NY 2892 (4029368049)		Commons