Manuscript map showing the course of the Canada Creek (N.Y.) where it joins with Wood Creek to Roberts Hill, where it has its source. Canada Creek joins Wood Creek about 2 miles downstream from the strategic "Oneida Carry". The map is in part a memorial of General Amherst's efforts to capture Ticonderoga, Crown Point and Montreal in the French Indian War. It was during the Crown Point campaign that this map was drawn, probably to determine if there was another waterway from Wood Creek to Lake George. Strategic high and low land areas are noted, as well as places of encampment.
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 New York (State)--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps Crown Point Expedition, N.Y., 1755--Maps Wood Creek (N.Y.)--Maps Canada Creek (N.Y.)--Maps Manuscripts (aat)
Source
Kashnor Collection of Early American Maps, 1670-1856 Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 105, No. 1007, 1927. CSmH
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