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Mount Independence
Nearest city: Orwell, Vermont Built: 1776 Governing body: State NRHP Reference#: 71000079[1] Significant dates Added to NRHP: September 3, 1971 Designated NHL: November 28, 1972[2] Mount Independence is a 306 ft (93 m) high hill on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern United States.
It is a Vermont State Historic Site and was the site of Fort Independence, an American revolutionary war fortification built opposite Fort Ticonderoga. Unfortunately both forts were dominated, militarily, by the higher Mount Defiance.
Mount Independence is located at 43°49′35″N 73°22′49″W / 43.82639°N 73.38028°WCoordinates: 43°49′35″N 73°22′49″W / 43.82639°N 73.38028°W.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Mount Independence". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1068&ResourceType=Site. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
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