CRAB ISLAND

                            CRAB ISLAND, (originally called Isle of St. Michael) and site of a monument, tall granite shaft marks the spot where the bodies of

                        British and American sailors who fell in the Battle of Plattsburgh lie buried.  In 1906 a resolution was introduced in  Congress to name the

                        island  Macdonough National Park. During the battle, the British ship Finch came up on the reef at the northeast end of Crab Island.  Two

                        field pieces open fire on the Finch  from the Island.  These were manned by American invalids from the hospital established there prior to

                        the battle.  The wounded from the British and American fleet were taken to the hospital on the Island. 

                                                                     Photo by Shaun Heffernan

Royaliste Ship and Crab Island Monument - Sept. 11, 2006 Wreath laying ceremony on monument