. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . water, andbounded on the west by a swamp. The sally-port where theGreen Mountain Boys under Ethan Allen entered, the old well,the crumbling walls of the barracks surrounding the parade, andthe well-defined dry ditches beyond the ramparts, may easily berecognized. In one of the east bastions is a deep and cavernousvault, supposed to have been the garrison bakery. On the highpoint to the southeast are the well-preser\ed remains of the Gren-adiers Battery, and another small battery, surrounded by a wetditch, is on
. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . water, andbounded on the west by a swamp. The sally-port where theGreen Mountain Boys under Ethan Allen entered, the old well,the crumbling walls of the barracks surrounding the parade, andthe well-defined dry ditches beyond the ramparts, may easily berecognized. In one of the east bastions is a deep and cavernousvault, supposed to have been the garrison bakery. On the highpoint to the southeast are the well-preser\ed remains of the Gren-adiers Battery, and another small battery, surrounded by a wetditch, is on the plain to the north. The forests back of the fortgrounds are furrowed with intrenchments and redoubts. Crown Point. Here are the ruins of the famous Ft. , built by the French, and the Fortress of Crown Point,built by the English, which occupy the promontor>^ between LakeChamplain and Bulwagga Bay. The ramparts of Crown Pointare half a mile round, twent3-five feet high and twenty-five feet. PICTURESQ UE B URLING TON. 149 thick, faced with stone. The ditches of the fort, its broad paradeand ruined barracks are worthy of inspection. Beautiful lake andmountain views are gained from the northern bastions. The fortwas erected by Lord Amherst, by Pitts orders, in 1760, at a cost, it is said, of $8, 000, 000. Twohundred yards northeast ofthe great British fort, and onthe .steep bank of the lake,are the ruins of the olderFrench work, Fort St. Fred-eric, a pentagonal star fortwith bastioned angles. In1730 the French occupiedPoint a la Chevelure (oppositethis place), where they builta .small stone fort, with fivecannon, and established afarming community. In 1731the} began Fort St. Frederic,w^hich, when finally com-pleted, consisted of a wall oflimestone, high and thick,enclosing stone barracks, achurch, and a tall bomb-prooftower, the armament con-sisting of sixty-two smallcannon. In its original mag-nitude and cost; in the grand-eur of its existing remains. Crown Point
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