Itekiatohniarikon

Itekiatohniarikon lies west of Lake Champlain, near the mouth of the Saranac River. At Plattsburgh the river reaches the lake beside a sheltered bay, a position that made the settlement an important point on the route between Canada and the Hudson valley. In September 1814, a British army advancing along the lake was checked at the Saranac crossing. Thomas Macdonough's American squadron met the British fleet in Plattsburgh Bay; after its defeat on 11 September, the British abandoned their advance.