For Spacious Skies
We spent a few enjoyable hours up in northern Vermont and visited Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT while we were there. Because I'm posting more images at one time than what I normally do I've turned off commenting on them. It was our first time up to that part of Vermont, and I most say Burlington is a beautiful, and fairly large city, especially for Vermont. And, like most of the lake areas, it too was very pretty, and quite active with visitors. All very pretty in the non winter months, but I'd bet it could be hell up there through the winter months.
Here is the techie stuff on the lake itself for those who might want to know more about it:
Lake Champlain French: Lac Champlain, is a large natural freshwater lake in North America. With a length of 107 mi (172 km) and surface area over 500 sq mi, it lies mostly between the U.S. states of New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canadian province of Quebec.
Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New York, are the largest settlements on the lake, and towards the south lies the historic Fort Ticonderoga in New York. The Quebec portion is in the regional county municipalities of Le Haut-Richelieu and Brome-Missisquoi. There are numerous islands in the lake; the largest include Grand Isle, Isle La Motte and North Hero: all part of Grand Isle County, Vermont. Because of its connections both to the St. Lawrence Seaway via the Richelieu River, and to the Hudson River via the Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain is sometimes referred to as "The Sixth Great Lake".
The coastline is relatively undeveloped and hosts several state parks, including North Hero and Button Bay in Vermont, and Cumberland Bay in New York. Much of New York's shoreline is located within the larger Adirondack Park. The lake is a significant part of local culture, especially Champ, a lake monster that allegedly resides there.
Hydrology
Lake Champlain-Richelieu River watershed
Lake Champlain covers approximately 514 square miles (1,331 km2), making it the thirteenth-largest lake by area in the U.S. It lies at an elevation of 95 to 100 ft (29 to 30 m), is 107 miles (172 km), has a 587-mile (945 km) shoreline, averages 14 miles (23 km) in width, has an average depth of 64 feet (19.5 m), a maximum depth of 400 feet, and holds some 6.2 cubic miles of water.
Located in the Champlain Valley between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York, it is drained northward by the 106-mile-long Richelieu River into the St. Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The Champlain basin covers 514 square miles and collects waters from the northwestern slopes of the Green Mountains and the eastern portion of the Adirondack Mountains, reaching as far south as the 32-mile-long Lake George in New York. The lake drains nearly half of Vermont, and approximately 250,000 people get their drinking water from it.
The lake is fed in Vermont by the LaPlatte, Lamoille, Missisquoi, Poultney and Winooski rivers, along with Lewis Creek, Little Otter Creek and Otter Creek. In New York, it is fed by the Ausable, Boquet, Great Chazy, La Chute, Little Ausable, Little Chazy, Salmon and Saranac rivers, along with Putnam Creek. In Quebec, it is fed by the Pike River. It is connected to the Hudson River by the Champlain Canal.
Parts of the lake freeze each winter, and in some winters the entire lake surface freezes, referred to as "closing". In July and August, the lake temperature reaches an average of 70 °F (21 °C).
For Spacious Skies
We spent a few enjoyable hours up in northern Vermont and visited Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT while we were there. Because I'm posting more images at one time than what I normally do I've turned off commenting on them. It was our first time up to that part of Vermont, and I most say Burlington is a beautiful, and fairly large city, especially for Vermont. And, like most of the lake areas, it too was very pretty, and quite active with visitors. All very pretty in the non winter months, but I'd bet it could be hell up there through the winter months.
Here is the techie stuff on the lake itself for those who might want to know more about it:
Lake Champlain French: Lac Champlain, is a large natural freshwater lake in North America. With a length of 107 mi (172 km) and surface area over 500 sq mi, it lies mostly between the U.S. states of New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canadian province of Quebec.
Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New York, are the largest settlements on the lake, and towards the south lies the historic Fort Ticonderoga in New York. The Quebec portion is in the regional county municipalities of Le Haut-Richelieu and Brome-Missisquoi. There are numerous islands in the lake; the largest include Grand Isle, Isle La Motte and North Hero: all part of Grand Isle County, Vermont. Because of its connections both to the St. Lawrence Seaway via the Richelieu River, and to the Hudson River via the Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain is sometimes referred to as "The Sixth Great Lake".
The coastline is relatively undeveloped and hosts several state parks, including North Hero and Button Bay in Vermont, and Cumberland Bay in New York. Much of New York's shoreline is located within the larger Adirondack Park. The lake is a significant part of local culture, especially Champ, a lake monster that allegedly resides there.
Hydrology
Lake Champlain-Richelieu River watershed
Lake Champlain covers approximately 514 square miles (1,331 km2), making it the thirteenth-largest lake by area in the U.S. It lies at an elevation of 95 to 100 ft (29 to 30 m), is 107 miles (172 km), has a 587-mile (945 km) shoreline, averages 14 miles (23 km) in width, has an average depth of 64 feet (19.5 m), a maximum depth of 400 feet, and holds some 6.2 cubic miles of water.
Located in the Champlain Valley between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York, it is drained northward by the 106-mile-long Richelieu River into the St. Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The Champlain basin covers 514 square miles and collects waters from the northwestern slopes of the Green Mountains and the eastern portion of the Adirondack Mountains, reaching as far south as the 32-mile-long Lake George in New York. The lake drains nearly half of Vermont, and approximately 250,000 people get their drinking water from it.
The lake is fed in Vermont by the LaPlatte, Lamoille, Missisquoi, Poultney and Winooski rivers, along with Lewis Creek, Little Otter Creek and Otter Creek. In New York, it is fed by the Ausable, Boquet, Great Chazy, La Chute, Little Ausable, Little Chazy, Salmon and Saranac rivers, along with Putnam Creek. In Quebec, it is fed by the Pike River. It is connected to the Hudson River by the Champlain Canal.
Parts of the lake freeze each winter, and in some winters the entire lake surface freezes, referred to as "closing". In July and August, the lake temperature reaches an average of 70 °F (21 °C).