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The society manages the Hancock House as a regional museum and reference library. The library was funded by an Andrew Carnegie grant and opened in 1905. Ticonderoga is fortunate to have historical-minded individuals who enjoy sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm, usually by way of conducting reenactments. Here are links to some of the completed events in Ticonderoga.
The Lake Champlain and Lake George Historical Site As the great European nations of France and Britain reached out to extend their empires into North America, no waterways played a more important role than the Saint Lawrence, Richelieu, Lake Champlain and Lake George corridors.
The Heritage Museum houses displays and conducts demonstration of aspects of the town's heritage.
For seven long and bloody years the two giants, England and France, would struggle for dominance in North America, crushing the allied tribes of Algonquin and Iroquois beneath them.
The year is 1777. Rumors are spreading of not one, but two armies of invaders who (the rumors say) will come down Lake Champlain from the north, and from the British stronghold, Oswego, to the west.
This is a detailed photo-essay on the Ticonderoga Branch of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.
This website includes detailed travel directions with photos, maps, and historical markers relating to Ticonderoga's historical sites. The museum’s collections are the culmination of over 80 years of very focused collecting. The dream of the museum’s founder, Stephen H.P. Pell, was to assemble a collection of eighteenth century military manuals, and all the documentation necessary to accurately reconstruct Fort Ticonderoga to its former glory.
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