Plattsburgh Bay

Infobox_nrhp | name =Plattsburgh Bay
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption = Battle of Plattsburgh
nearest_city= Plattsburgh, New York
area =
built =
architect=
architecture=
designated= December 19, 1960 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=363&ResourceType=District
title=Plattsburgh Bay|date=2007-09-19|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000507 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Plattsburgh Bay was the site of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a naval and land engagement on September 11, 1814. During the battle, U.S. land and naval forces repulsed the last foreign invasion attempt on the northern states during the War of 1812. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000507.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Plattsburgh Bay] |440 KB|author=Charles A. Ashton and Richard W. Hunter|date=October 1983|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000507.pdf Accompanying photos, from 1983 and 1972] |3.54 MB]

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* [http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/founders/sitec30.htm NPS history of site]