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Fort Gage

Russell Bellico: Empires in the Mountains

November 13, 2010 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Russell Bellico Empires in the MountainsMeeting Russell Bellico, you’d think you were in the presence of an old sea captain spending his retirement in the softer wind and spray of Lake George. You’d be surprised to know that he spent 35 years in the economics department at Westfield State College in Massachusetts.

You’d be glad to hear that Bellico spent his time away from Westfield at Lake George, where as a summer resident he invested himself in local history. He has spent over three decades photographing shipwrecks and historic sites on Lake George and Lake Champlain. He served as a consultant on the National Park Service’s Champlain Valley Heritage Corridor, a trustee of the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance, and a board member of Bateaux Below, the organization founded by the archaeological team (which included Bellico) that documented the 1758 radeau Land Tortoise which lies underwater at the southern end of Lake George. [Read more…] about Russell Bellico: Empires in the Mountains

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books Tagged With: Battle of Lake George, Essex County, Fort Gage, Fort George, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort William Henry, French And Indian War, French History, Indigenous History, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Lake George Battlefield Park, Military History, New France, Warren County, Washington County

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