Scenes Of Vermont - Champlain Memorial Lighthouse Editorial Image

Lake Champlain is located in the northwestern corner of Vermont, straddling the New York state line to the west and the Canadian border to the north. The closest major metropolitan area is Montreal, in Quebec, roughly an hour’s drive north. The lake itself reaches from Whitehall, New York, to its outlet at the Richelieu River in Quebec, a distance of some 120 miles — though at its widest Champlain is only 12 miles across. Champlain is the 6th largest lake in the United States. A ferry connects the Vermont side to the New York side. It`s also used for boating, fishing and other recreational pursuits. The Champlain Memorial Lighthouse rises from a small point of land just south of the Champlain Bridge. The memorial commemorates Champlain`s `discovery` of the lake. Facing the water, a statue of Champlain, flanked by a Native American and a French Voyageur, was sculpted by American, Carl Auguste Heber. Below the figures is the bust `LaFrance,` an exquisite bronze bust sculpted by the famous Frenchman, Auguste Rodin 1840-1917 and spontaneously presented by the French government in May 1912.