Fort Edward is a small village situated along the eastern banks of the Hudson River about fifty miles north of the city of Albany, New York State’s capital. People also sometimes refer to the areas as “The Great Carrying Place.” That name is derived from that fact that it is here, in Fort Edward, where waterfalls and rapids make navigation by water impossible and thus early travelers on the Hudson were compelled to carry their canoes from this region on the river and nearby waterways such as Lake George and Lake Champlain. Early inhabitants of the region included both the Mahican and the Mohawk people. The region now known as Fort Edward has historically been a transportation hub because of its location along the Hudson River waterway, which
