Champlain Memorial

Type:
Year Established:
1912
Existing:
Yes
Source:
Clipping Files
Crown Point NY 2006 Mike & Carol McKinney.jpg
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2006
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Latitude:
44 01.48'
Longitude:
73 25.19'
U.S. State:
New York
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

Originally this was the location of the Crown Point Lighthouse. An entry in the Clippings File in the National Archives details this perfectly: 

"In 1926 the light was discontinued and the site was conveyed to the state of New York.  The States of New York and Vermont, as part of the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Lake by Samuel de Champlain, removed the old tower and building in its stead an ornamental cylindrical tower of cut granite blocks, surrounded by eight Doric columns. On the pedestal is an heroic group in bronze with Champlain as the central figure, presented by the Republic of France."

Entered by:
tomtag
Entered Date:
Dec 23, 2018