Click here to learn more about this site Click here to return to our home page Click here to visit our "clickable" map of local historic sites Click here to visit Part I of our huge two-part Table of Contents Click here to visit our Gift Shop. The perfect place for unique and wonderful things! Click here to search the site Click here to learn about using the images and materials published on this site Click here to contact us

The Online Resource for Historians, Educators, Students and Visitors since 1997
This is a graphics-intensive publication, to fully experience the site we recommend you have JavaScript enabled.
 Permission to reproduce material from this site must be obtained from the publisher. See copyright notice. Privacy Policy

Looking for a great read about lake history?
Click HERE for more information or to order!		 Praise for Jim Millard's new "Bastions on the Border..."
 "It is really a terrific book... [Millard's] exhaustive study of the documents connected to the forts and masterful presentation of the materials is laudable...quality and variety of the images is terrific..." Dr. Russell P. Bellico- Historian/Author
"Sails and Steam in the Mountains: A Maritime and Military History of Lake George and Lake Champlain" and other titles

  Bookmark and Share  Email, Bookmark or Share this page on Facebook, Twitter or other sites

Commanders of
Fort St. Frédéric

Pointe à la Chevelure

(Crown Point)
Scale model of Fort St. Frederic at Crown Point State Historic Site.  

These Officers held the rank of Captain

COMMANDER

TENURE
Pierre Hertel de Montcour1 1731-1732
René Boucher de la Perriére 1732-1733
Claude Hertel de Beaulac2 1733-1734
Pierre-Jacques Payen de Noyan 1734, 1736
Daniel Migeon de la Gauchetiére 1735-1736
Pierre de Saint-Ours 1736-1739
Paul-Joseph Lemoyne de Longueil 1739
François Duplessis Faber 1739-1741
Antoine-François Pécaudy de Contrecœur 1741-1743
Paul Bécard de Grandville-Fonville 1743-1746
Charles le Gardeur de Croizille 1746
Pierre Joseph de Céloron3 1747
Charles de Sabrevois 1747-1749
Paul Louis Dazemard de Lusignan4 1749-1756
Ignace-Phillipe Aubert de Gaspé 1756-1757
Louis Herbin 1757-1759

 
1Constructed the wooden stockade fort (fort de pieux) at Pointe a la Cheveleure under the direction of Rochbert de la Morandiére
2Also was Commander at Chambly, 1730 and 1737
3Céloron undertook the exploration of the Ohio River Valley in 1749
4Lusignan also commanded at Chambly, Île-aux-Noix, Ste. Jean, and Carillon.

*America's Historic Lakes is a favorite of educators around the world. You can feel confident that the material
on this site is accurate, well-researched, properly cited and presented.

Copyright © 1997, 2010. All rights reserved.
America's Historic Lakes
The Lake Champlain and Lake George Historical Site
Post Office Box 262
South Hero, Vermont 05486-0262
 mail@historiclakes.org

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please check your JUNK EMAIL or SPAM filter for our reply.
We NEVER spam but have discovered our messages are sometimes discarded by spam filters.
Be sure to add mail@historiclakes.org to your address book or list of acceptable senders.

We regret that we are unable to accommodate personal requests for information or research.

Electronically published materials are protected by the same copyright laws as conventional or printed works.
Permission to reproduce material from this site must be obtained from the publisher.

Disclaimer of Liability

The historical information on this web site is provided as a public service by America’s Historic Lakes. America’s Historic Lakes has attempted to be as accurate as possible in our presentation of this historical material. However, we make no claims, guarantees or promises about the accuracy, currency, or completeness of the information provided. In no event shall the publishers; America’s Historic Lakes or their agents, be liable for any errors or omissions with respect to any information on this site. This website occasionally provides links to sites of other organizations maintained by third parties. These links do not constitute an endorsement of the content, viewpoint, accuracy, opinions, policies, products, services, or accessibility of that website. Links to third-party websites are provided as a public service and convenience to users of our site; America’s Historic Lakes does not control, endorse or recommend the content on sites we may link to. Once connected to another website, you are subject to the terms and conditions of that website.