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This cannon, atop Mount Defiance, is one mile away from Fort Ticonderoga, as the cannonball flies. Mount Defiance, at 853 feet above sea level, rises 758 feet over Lake Champlain. Known as “Rattlesnake Mountain” to the French army that began building Fort Carillon (Fort Ticonderoga) in 1755, this mount was called “Sugar Loaf Hill” by the British. In 1776, after the 13 American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain, the American army changed the name to “Mount Defiance." The mount overlooks Lake Champlain and the outlet of the LaChute River, which flows out of Lake George to the west and wraps around the north side of the mountain before emptying into Lake Champlain.

Description
This cannon, atop Mount Defiance, is one mile away from Fort Ticonderoga, as the cannonball flies. Mount Defiance, at 853 feet above sea level, rises 758 feet over Lake Champlain. Known as “Rattlesnake Mountain” to the French army that began building Fort Carillon (Fort Ticonderoga) in 1755, this mount was called “Sugar Loaf Hill” by the British. In 1776, after the 13 American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain, the American army changed the name to “Mount Defiance." The mount overlooks Lake Champlain and the outlet of the LaChute River, which flows out of Lake George to the west and wraps around the north side of the mountain before emptying into Lake Champlain.