Valcour Bay
Valcour Bay is a strait between the New York mainland and Valcour Island. It is four miles south from Plattsburgh, New York. The bay was where the Battle of Valcour Island had happened during the American Revolutionary War. On October 11, 1776, the presence of an American fleet on the west shore of Lake Champlain, at Valcour Bay, hampered the British and allowed an American victory at Saratoga a year later, a turning point in the Revolutionary War. In 1961 Valcour Bay was declared a National Historic Landmark.[1][3]
Valcour Bay | |
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A 1776 map showing the Battle of Valcour Bay | |
| Nearest city: | Plattsburgh, NY |
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| Built: | 1776 |
| Governing body: | State |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000508 |
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| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966[1] |
| Designated NHL: | January 1, 1961[2] |
Valcour Bay Media
Contemporary watercolor drawing of the American line of battle by Charles Randle. Drawing is titled as follows: New England Armed Vessels in Valcure Bay, Lake Champlain [including Royal Savage, Revenge, Lee, Trumble, Washington, Congress, Philadelphia, New York, Jersey, Connecticut, Providence, New Haven, Spitfire, Boston, and Liberty] commanded by Benedict Arnold.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ "Valcour Bay". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-21. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ↑ Richard Greenwood (December 12, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Valcour Bay" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011. and Accompanying 1 photo from 1975.PDF (205 KB)
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