Ticonderoga () is a

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in the southeast part of the

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of Ticonderoga, in

Essex County, New York Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,381. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Essex is one of only 2 counties that are e ...

, United States. The name is derived from the

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term for "between the two waters", the two waters being Lake George and

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. The hamlet became a

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(CDP) in 2008. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,382, out of a total 5,042 residents in the town of Ticonderoga.

History

In 1889, the hamlet of Ticonderoga was incorporated as a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

within the town of Ticonderoga, but in 1992 residents voted to dissolve the village. The area is an important location for the production of paper and the mining of

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; the familiar yellow " Ticonderoga pencils" were named after the graphite mines. Fort Ticonderoga, near the hamlet on Lake Champlain, (the hamlet is on Lake George), was a military outpost that fell into disrepair. The modern fort was built on its ruins. The 1988 publication, "Ticonderoga (Village) Multiple Resource Area", presents a history of the village and its historic sites."Ticonderoga (Village) Multiple Resource Area, NY, 1988, The Lake George Steamboat Company continues to operate steamboats from Ticonderoga.

Geography

Ticonderoga is in

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, south of Plattsburgh, and near the

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border. The community lies between Lake George and

on the site of a

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between the two lakes, previously guarded by historic Fort Ticonderoga. The waterway running through this portage is called the

La Chute River The La Chute River, also known as Ticonderoga Creek, is a short, fast-moving river, near the Vermont–New York border. It is now almost wholly contained within the municipality of Ticonderoga, New York, connecting the northern end and outlet ...

, which drains the outflow of Lake George into Lake Champlain, and it contains a waterfall at the eastern edge of the hamlet. During the summer, a diesel-powered

cable ferry A cable ferry (including the terms chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...

connects the community to Shoreham, Vermont. The junction of

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, New York State Route 74, and

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is at the northern edge of the CDP. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.81%, is water.

Demographics

References

External links

Ticonderoga area chamber of commerce

Fort Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga ferry information

Raster map of Ticonderoga and village boundaries in 1950
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History

Geography

Demographics

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