The site of a history-changing battle lies somewhere in the forest along the Lake Champlain shoreline in an eastern Adirondack town.
But 400 years after French explorer Samuel de Champlain went to war against the Iroquois on July 30, 1609, the battleground’s exact location remains elusive.
Most historians believe the battle was in Ticonderoga, 85 miles north of Albany. Officials at Fort Ticonderoga say the battle likely happened on a stretch of shoreline within the fort’s property.
No evidence from the battle has ever turned up.
Thursday will mark the 400th anniversary of the fight that saw Champlain and his Indian allies defeat a war party. The battle was brief but it had a lasting impact, setting in motion events that would influence world history for generations.