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The
Bluff Point Lighthouse at Valcour Island, maintained by the Clinton
County Historical Association.
Photos courtesy: U.S. Coast Guard, America's Historic Lakes
The first county to be created in northern New York, carved out
of a forested wilderness formerly inhabited by Native Americans,
Clinton County's boundaries were defined in 1788. Possession
of the hearty first growth timber, fertile soils and control
of Lake Champlain were hotly contested for several centuries,
among the French, English and Native Americans. All struggled
to control the Champlain Valley. Clinton County played a vital
role in both the Battle of Valcour in 1776 and the Battle of
Plattsburgh in 1814. The outcome of these two conflicts was
instrumental in securing our Nation's independence from Great
Britain.
For further information please call: 518-561-0340 or email:
director@clintoncountyhistorical.org |