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Wildlife on the border
LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1767
This is the top part of a map that shows an area on the border between the provinces of Que-
bec, New York and Vermont. The boundary of the first two is shown by a solid line divid-
ing 'G' and 'H' at top right, while that between the latter two runs through the left side of
Lake Champlain. A strategic waterway in a rugged land without viable roads, the lake and its
tributaries gave access to the interior, and passage from the northeast to the Hudson River in
the south. In the first half of the 18th century this land, home to a number of native Americ-
