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PARK AND CEM ETERY. 
CHAMPLAIN MONUMENT, 
PLATTSBURG, N. Y. 
Carl A. Heber, Sc. 
by evergreens and elms. As he moves 
eastward, the statue is hidden by 
trees, only to flash out through the 
vista at the east end of the bridge, 
inviting inspection by reason of the 
path winding up to it. 
The Champlain memorial lighthouse, 
and the Champlain monument, recent- 
ly dedicated at Plattsburg, N. Y., 
have both been given rarely impos- 
ing sites overlooking Lake Champ- 
lain. The memorial lighthouse, set 
on a great terrace approached by a 
wide flight of steps was erected and 
dedicated some time ago, and the 
Champlain monument with a view of 
its site is shown herewith. The mon- 
ument overlooks beautiful Lake Cham- 
plain at a point where the Saranac 
river becomes a part of the lake. 
The memorial is in the form of a 
pyramidal pedestal surmounted by a 
bronze figure of Champlain, and was 
presented by the state of New York 
to the city of Plattsburg. The ter- 
race is bordered by a granite coping, 
and a flight of steps leads down to 
the lake. The statue and the sym- 
bolic sculptures at the base are the 
work of Carl A. Heber, the New 
York sculptor, who has produced 
an interesting, virile and sculptural 
group of figures. The general design 
for the memorial is by Dillon, Mc- 
Clellan & Beadel, architects of New 
York. The pedestal is square, slight- 
ly tapering toward the top. It is 22 
feet high and built of Massachusetts 
pink granite. It stands on a platform 
two steps above the terrace. Its base 
is surrounded by a granite seat and 
ornamented in front by the figure of 
a crouching Indian with bow and 
shield carved in granite; at each side 
by a canoe prow with trophies typi- 
cal of America in Champlain’s time, 
and at the rear by a bronze tablet 
bearing the names of the tercentenary 
commissioners. 
The upper part of the pedestal is 
decorated with carved garlands of 
Indian corn, and bears the following 
inscriptions on the front and back re- 
spectively: 
famous battle of Plattsburgh. With- 
in a stone’s throw of the monument 
is the historic DeLord home, where 
the British army officers had their 
quarters during the great battle, hav- 
ing frightened away the family of the 
owner and taken possession. Three 
hundred years ago, this vicinity was 
the home of the Indian and many 
relics have been unearthed nearby. 
The site for the Mark Twain monu- 
ment to be erected by the state of Mis- 
souri at Hannibal will have a rarely im- 
pressive situation on a great bluff over- 
looking the Mississippi river, made 
famous in the works of the great 
humorist. The commission for this me- 
morial, was awarded in a recent com- 
petition to Frederick C. Hibbard, 
the Chicago sculptor. 
SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN 
NAVIGATOR DISCOVERER 
1567 1635 
COLONIZER 
F.rected by the State of New York 
in Commemoration of the 
Discovery of 
Lake Champlain 
1609 1909 
The statue of Champlain, which is 
nearly 12 feet high and of bronze, 
represents him in his soldier costume 
holding in his hand the arquebuse of 
which he speaks in his memoirs. This 
and his breastplate, helmet or morion, 
cloak, doublet, boots and sword fol- 
low carefully the style of his period; 
the arquebuse, morion and sword be- 
ing modeled after the ancient pieces 
in the collection of Mr. Howland 
Pell. 
The site is beautiful, as well as 
historic, and affords an excellent view 
of Cumberland bay. Near there was 
waged a battle between the British 
and American forces in the War of 
1812. while in the bay was fought the 
FIGURE AT BASE OF CHAMPLAIN 
MONUMENT. 
Carl A. Heber, Sc. 
