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Windmill Point Lighthouse, Alburgh, Vermont on Lake Champlain
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Here, off Windmill Point on September 3, 1776 Benedict Arnold anchored his fleet prior to the Battle of Lake Champlain. 

There was a significant skirmish here with Indians allied with the British. On September 6, a landing party dispatched from the American fleet was attacked by the Indians. After a furious fight on shore, the Americans managed to flee back to their boat (the gondola Boston ) and cast off- but not before three were killed and six wounded. As the survivors furiously rowed back to the ships, a few well placed cannonballs sent the natives scurrying back into the woods.¹

It was off Windmill Point that the radeau Thunderer sank in 1777 while carrying sick and wounded from the Battle of Saratoga.

Reportedly the British kept a gunboat stationed at the Point from 1783-1796.

Aerial photos courtesy of Guest Contributors Roger and Doug Harwood.
Inset photos courtesy of Guest Contributor Frank Pabst.

(The Windmill Point Lighthouse is privately-owned and is not open to the public)

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Doug Harwood
Frank Pabst

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