History and Biography of Washington County, and the Town of Queensbury

Excerpt from History and Biography of Washington County, and the Town of Queensbury, New York: With Historical Notes on the Various Towns Lakes George and Champlain, while the north, central and eastern parts have their drainage north by Wood creek, and Pawlet and Poultney rivers, into the narrows of Lake Champlain. The south, central and southern parts of the county have their drainage south by the Batten Kill and Hoosick river, into the Hudson. The broad plain around Sandy Hill and Fort Edward, running northward, soon nar rows into the valley of Wood creek, the lar gest stream in the county that flows into Lake Champlain. This remarkable depression ai fords a fine portage from Lake Champlain to the waters of the Hudson river, and the march of invading armies through this, valley, in the struggle of warring races for the mastery of the North American Continent, has made Washington county the War-path of Amer ica. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.