Fort Amherst

Fort Amherst (1): Another name incorrectly given to Fort Crown Point in recent guidebooks due to its construction by Sir Jeffrey Amherst. Never refered to as such in contemporary 18th Century military correspondence.

Fort Amherst (2): 1759, Warren County, Queensbury. (Initially called Fort Miller). On halfway brook at the halfway point between Ft Edward and Fort Wm Henry / Fort George. A fortified camp in 1757-58. A fort was constructed in 1759. Occupied by the British during the Burgoyne Campaign in 1777. Burned in 1780 in the Carleton raid. Also near this site was a stockaded enclosure known as Seven-mile post, or Halfway Brook Post, from 1755 - 1776, and a stockaded Garrison in 1758.

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