Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain, named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who encountered it 1609, is a large lake in North America, mostly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in Quebec.

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French - Explorer - Samuel de Champlain - Lake - North America - United States - States - Vermont - New York - US-Canada border - Quebec

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It is the sixth-largest body of fresh water in the United States, situated in the Champlain Valley between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York, drained northward by the Richelieu River into the St. Lawrence River near Montreal and fed by Otter Creek, the Winooski, Missisquoi, and Lamoille Rivers in Vermont, and the Ausable, Chazy, and Saranac Rivers in New York. Lake Champlain also receives water from Lake George via the La Chute River. The lake varies from 95 to 100 feet above mean sea level.

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Champlain Valley - Green Mountains - Vermont - Adirondack Mountains - New York - Richelieu River - St. Lawrence River - Montreal - Otter Creek - Winooski - Missisquoi - Lamoille - Ausable - Lake George

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While the ports of Burlington, Vermont, Port Henry, New York, and Plattsburgh, New York are little used nowadays except by small crafts, ferries and lake cruise ships, they had substantial commercial and military importance in the 18th and 19th Century.

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Burlington, Vermont - Port Henry, New York - Plattsburgh, New York - 18th - 19th Century

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