n.
Town (pop., 2000: 5,167) on Lake George , northeastern New York, U.S. In 1755 the French built Fort Carillon on nearby Lake Champlain .
Captured by the British in 1759, the fort was renamed Ticonderoga. In 1775, at the start of the American Revolution , it was seized by Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys. The British retook it in 1777 but abandoned it after the Battle of Saratoga . The restored fort and the area around the town are now tourist attractions.