PART THREE: CONCLUSION

I. Federal Co-operation and assistance rendered by Senators of the United States, Representatives in Congress and others 177

II. Brief review of the work of the Commission and acknowledgments in appreciation of assistance rendered by the representatives of Foreign nations, military organizations and others 183

III. Historical significance of the Tercentenary Celebration 193

IV. Representative Men of the Champlain Region 201

V. Conclusion of the work of the New York Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission 215

APPENDIX

I. Report of House Committee on Foreign Affairs 221

II. English forts 237

III. Report of Captain Edward Mott 241

IV. Notes on the archaeology of the Champlain valley by Prof. George H. Perkins, Ph.D., state geologist of Vermont 245

V. Financial Statement 261

INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Rodin Bust “La France” Frontispiece Facing Page Champlain Memorial Lighthouse at Crown Point Forts 4

Champlain Group at Crown Point Memorial 4

Memorial to Samuel Champlain at Plattsburgh 6

Side View of the Champlain Memorial at Plattsburgh 6

Champlain Statue at Plattsburgh 8

Crouching Indian at base of Champlain Statue 8

Champlain Memorial at Crown Point Forts nearing Completion 12

Front View of Rodin Bust “La France” 18

Steamship “France” that transported French Delegation 26

Banquet to French Delegation, Waldorf-Astoria, May 1, 1912 30

Governor John A. Mead of Vermont 42

Ferry Transporting Commissioners and French Delegation 70

Ambassador Jusserand and French Delegation at Crown Point 72

Commissioners and French Delegation at Crown Point Forts 72

French Delegation at Crown Point Memorial, May 3, 1912 74

M. Hanotaux speaking at Crown Point Forts, May 3, 1912 76

M. Hanotaux speaking at Crown Point Memorial, May 3, 1912 76

Landing Troops and Guests at Crown Point Forts, July 5, 1912 120

Colonel Sanger, Governor Dix and others landing at Crown Point 120

Unveiling Tablet at Fort Amherst, July 5, 1912 126

Tablet unveiled at Fort Amherst, July 5, 1912 128

Colonel Sanger, Governor Dix and Staff approaching Memorial, July 5, 1912 132

Champlain Memorial Lighthouse, July 5, 1912 134

Governor John A. Dix speaking at Crown Point Memorial, July 5, 1912 136

Colonel William C. Sanger speaking at Crown Point Memorial 140

Adjutant-General Verbeck, Count and Countess de Peretti de la Rocca 142

Parade in Plattsburgh, July 6, 1912, escorted by 5th U. S. Infantry 158

Governor Dix, Lieutenant-Governor Conway, Colonel Cowles, Commissioners Knapp and Riley 158

Governor John A. Dix 162

Miss Katharine M. Booth, unveiling the Memorial at Plattsburgh 164

Front View and Granite Approach of Memorial at Plattsburgh 164

Governor John A. Dix speaking at Plattsburgh, July 6, 1912 166

Group Picture of Commissioners Knapp, Hill, Witherbee, Frawley and Foley 216

Group Picture of Commissioners Pell, Riley, Lafontaine, Booth, Shea and Weaver 216

Charles Alexander Nelson, Indexer 262

The

Tercentenary Celebration

of the

Discovery of Lake Champlain