How Haitian ordnance wound up in the Adirondack Mountains
New York’s Fort Ticonderoga is celebrated for the artillery it contributed to the American Revolution. Less known, though, are the stories behind more than 100 cannons resting on its walls today.
December 30, 2025
- By Amy Bracken
Fort Ticonderoga sits atop a hill in New York’s Adirondack Park. The limestone structure was built by the French, and then captured by the British, followed by the Americans.
It’s especially dramatic in winter, with an American flag flying high in strong winds over an icy Lake Champlain below, and the fort walls bristling with snow-covered cannons.
Crowds brave the cold to commemorate the 1775 so-called “Noble Train.” That’s when Colonel Henry Knox and his men hauled 59 cannons hundreds of miles from the fort to Boston to help drive out the British.
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