Fort St. Frédéric was a French fort built on Lake Champlain (on the border between modern New York State and Vermont in the United States) to secure the region against British colonization and to allow the French to control the use of Lake Champlain.
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His Majesty's Fort of Crown Point or more simply Crown Point was a British fort built in 1759 on Lake Champlain (on the border between modern New York State and Vermont in the United States) to secure the region against the French. The fort is located near the town of Crown Point, New York. Fort Crown Point was the largest earthen fort built in the United States.
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