The capture of Forts Ticonderoga & Crown Point on this lake in May 1775 paved the way for the invasion of Canada
[DOC] [TLE] Military History of Canada - Canadian military History - Marianopolis [PAR] In 1756 he captured the English fort at Oswego , on the south shore of lake 
Ontario ... the plains of Abraham the battle that decided the fate of Quebec and of 
Canada .