English: Fort Crown Point, British fortress along the western bank of Lake Champlain, built in 1759 to defend against French forces and partially destroyed by fire in 1773. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968. According to the National Register application "Fort Crown Point, in its ruined but unaltered state, is the finest existing architectural and archeological type specimen in the United States for further study of a superior example of 18th century military engineering."