Fort William Henry Museum
A reconstruction of the wood-and-stone fort from the Anglo-French Seven Years' War, the real-life setting behind The Last of the Mohicans, with musket and cannon demonstrations.
Fort William Henry was built in 1755. In 1757 it fell to French forces and their Indigenous allies, and the massacre that followed was written into James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans. The fort you see today is a museum, rebuilt in the 1950s on its original site on the lakeshore in the village of Lake George. It displays artifacts unearthed on the grounds, and guides in 18th-century military uniforms give regular demonstrations of flintlock musket fire, cannon firing and surgical procedures. Admission is about $25, and there are ghost tours in the evening.
Opening hours
About May–Oct 09:30–18:00
Nearby sights
- Lake George Steamboat Cruises
- Lake George Village & Canada Street
- Million Dollar Beach
- Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway
- Six Flags Great Escape
- The Hyde Collection
- Bolton Landing & The Sagamore
- Shelving Rock Falls & Shelving Rock Mountain