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Crab Island (Lake Champlain)

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Crab Island is a roughly limestone island situated in Lake Champlain just outside Plattsburgh Bay in the town of Plattsburgh in Clinton County in upstate New York. [1]

38 relations: Adirondack Mountains, Bateau, Battle of Plattsburgh, Bronze, Burlington, Vermont, Cannon, Clinton County, New York, Commodore (rank), Convalescence, Cumberland Head, New York, Eminent domain, Field hospital, Lake Champlain, Limestone, List of New York state parks, Mass grave, New York (state), New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Obelisk, Old Stone Barracks, Plattsburgh (city), New York, Plattsburgh (town), New York, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh Bay, Reef, Sloop, Squadron (naval), State park, Surgeon, Thomas Macdonough, Toxicodendron radicans, Trilobite, United States, United States Air Force, United States Congress, Upstate New York, War of 1812, Wharf.

Adirondack Mountains

The Adirondack Mountains form a massif in northeastern New York, United States.

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Bateau

A bateau or batteau is a shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boat which was used extensively across North America, especially in the colonial period and in the fur trade.

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Battle of Plattsburgh

The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final invasion of the northern states of the United States during the War of 1812.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals or metalloids such as arsenic, phosphorus or silicon.

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Burlington, Vermont

Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County.

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Cannon

A cannon (plural: cannon or cannons) is a type of gun classified as artillery that launches a projectile using propellant.

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Clinton County, New York

Clinton County is a county in the state of New York, in the United States.

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Commodore (rank)

Commodore is a naval rank used in many navies that is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral.

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Convalescence

Convalescence is the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury.

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Cumberland Head, New York

Cumberland Head is a census-designated place and region of the town of Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York, United States.

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Eminent domain

Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (Singapore), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (France, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Canada, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Chile, Denmark, Sweden) is the power of a state, provincial, or national government to take private property for public use.

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Field hospital

A field hospital is a small mobile medical unit, or mini hospital, that temporarily takes care of casualties on-site before they can be safely transported to more permanent facilities.

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Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain (French: Lac Champlain) (Abenaki: Pitawbagok) (Mohawk: Kaniatarakwà:ronte) is a natural freshwater lake in North America mainly within the borders of the United States (in the states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the Canada–U.S. border, in the Canadian province of Quebec.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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List of New York state parks

This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of New York.

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Mass grave

A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York.

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Obelisk

An obelisk (from ὀβελίσκος obeliskos; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top.

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Old Stone Barracks

The "Old Stone Barracks" is the last remaining structure of a proposed quadrangle of early U.S. Army barracks built at Plattsburgh, New York in 1838.

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Plattsburgh (city), New York

Plattsburgh is a city in and the seat of Clinton County, New York, United States.

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Plattsburgh (town), New York

Plattsburgh is a town in Clinton County, New York, United States.

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Plattsburgh Air Force Base

Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) base covering 3,447 acres (13.7 km²) in the extreme northeast corner of New York, 20 miles (32 km) south of the Canada–United States border, located on the western shore of Lake Champlain opposite Burlington, Vermont, in the city of Plattsburgh, New York.

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Plattsburgh Bay

Plattsburgh Bay was the site of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a naval and land engagement on September 11, 1814.

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Reef

A reef is a bar of rock, sand, coral or similar material, lying beneath the surface of water.

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Sloop

A sloop (from Dutch sloep, in turn from French chaloupe) is a sailing boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig.

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Squadron (naval)

A squadron, or naval squadron, is a significant group of warships which is nonetheless considered too small to be designated a fleet.

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State park

State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision.

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Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a physician who performs surgical operations.

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Thomas Macdonough

Thomas Macdonough, Jr. (December 31, 1783 – November 10, 1825) was an early-19th-century American naval officer noted for his roles in the first Barbary War and the War of 1812.

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Toxicodendron radicans

Toxicodendron radicans, commonly known as eastern poison ivy or poison ivy, is a poisonous Asian and Eastern North American flowering plant that is well-known for causing urushiol-induced contact dermatitis, an itchy, irritating, and sometimes painful rash, in most people who touch it.

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Trilobite

Trilobites (meaning "three lobes") are a fossil group of extinct marine arachnomorph arthropods that form the class Trilobita.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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Upstate New York

Upstate New York is the portion of the American state of New York lying north of the New York metropolitan area.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.

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Wharf

A wharf, quay (also), staith or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Island_(Lake_Champlain)

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