New France originally built Fort Niagara to control access between the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, protecting its interests in North America. The British took over the fort during the French ...

Col. James Burd made an inspection tour of forts on the Pennsylvania frontier during the French and Indian War from Feb. 16 to March 10, 1758. Burd was a colonial American soldier who played an ...

The story of how the Indian nations controlled the outcome of the French and Indian war. Three powers clashed in an epic struggle for North America two hundred and fifty years ago. The French and ...

Built by the French in 1755, ... Fort Ticonderoga endured and is now considered North America's "best-preserved forts" dating to the 1700s (via Americana Corner). Today, ...

ORWELL, Vt. (AP) -- Pine trees murmur as they are jostled by a breeze coursing over a rocky promontory high above Lake Champlain -- spectral whispers, perhaps, of European, American and Indian ...

DARIEN, Ga., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The oldest fortified settlement in North America has been discovered in Georgia, giving insights into the early colonization of the New World, researchers say. Fort ...

Eventually, a few explorers did begin to push their way into the Lake Erie vicinity. Early in the 17th century, both the French and English began their exploration of the interior of North America.

The French brass button that turned up is a type found at 10 other French sites in North America. The Smith family, which still owns the land under investigation as the historic site, has ...

Fort Ticonderoga Fort Ticonderoga added a rare French painting depicting a French military camp scene from the mid-18th century to its art collection. Museum officials said the campaign depicted ...

After years of contention between France and Britain in North America and the final British capture of Quebec City, French influence in the continent was waning and in desperate straits. A small ...