Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
of town for a pleasant warm-weather stroll, and then head west to Button Bay State Park,
named for the peculiar, button-shaped pebbles (some with holes) that wash up along this
protected cove. Six miles west of Vergennes on Basin Harbor Road, the Lake Champlain
Maritime Museum welcomes you to their lakeside campus with exhibits telling the stories
of the lake's military, commercial, and recreational history.
15. Champlain Bridge
Before returning to New York, you'll pass through historic Chimney Point. Stop at the
Chimney Point State Historic Site to learn about the succession of Native Americans,
French, British, and early settlers who have called this critical location home. Some allege
that Ethan Allen downed an ale in the Chimney Point tavern before storming Fort Ticond-
eroga. The story is probably apocryphal, since the attack onFort Ticonderoga tookplace at
dawn and Chimney Point is more than 12 miles distant from it.
Linking two historic sites—Chimney and Crown points—the high, arching Champlain
Bridge affords a fine farewell view of the watery expanse to the north. It's worth the effort
to take the visitor walkway over this graceful bridge for one last look at the magnificent
lake.
Search WWH ::




Custom Search