Lake Champlain

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Does anyone have any guidance on Lake Champlain? This summer, I'm staying for a week on Long Point (North Ferrisburgh) and am looking for lake destinations, coves and swimming areas, bars/restaurants, on-water fuel, etc. I'm particularly interested in depth and obstacle charts...or hearing that they aren't necessary. I like to explore; although depth finders are helpful, it's nice to know the areas where the bottom creeps up.

 

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That section of the lake holds some of the deepest water, 400' off Thompsons point down there. I believe Point Bay marina will have fuel. You will also have bars/restaurants on the N.Y. side of the lake as well as Burlington. Basin Harbor, to your south, location of the Lake Champlain maritime museum, in Vt. Many coves and bays all along the lake. You can get charts online and i will go down to the boat in a few and take a pic of the chart for that area. I dock at Malletts Bay, just north of Burlington, 45 mins. by boat, on a calm day. Ferrisburg is about a 45 min. ride to Burlington from the south. Give me a little time and I can get you more detailed answers to your questions. Welcome to the forum.http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/14783.shtml the chart I use most is #14782.

 

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Reviving this thread to share interesting facts about Lake Champlain.

Here is a virtual underwater tour from the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum of the oldest steamboat wreck in the World, The Phoenix sunk off Colchester Reef in 1819.

Shipwreck Tour: Phoenix – Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

www.lcmm.org

 

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Divers, ROV, recently found the paddlewheels from the Phoenix. New information just released 9/4/20, of the steamship that caught fire and sunk 201 years ago yesterday.

Paddlewheels Of Steamboat Phoenix Discovered In Lake Champlain | Agency of Commerce and Community Development

accd.vermont.gov

 

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Another article showing video of the paddlewheels found recently at nearly 190' below the surface.

Colchester man discovers historic steamboat paddlewheels in Lake Champlain

Nearly 201 years to the day after the steamboat Phoenix sank in Lake Champlain, a Colchester man discovers long-lost paddlewheels.

www.burlingtonfreepress.com

 

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Good news, Eric is a chef friend from our cheese days. Glad to see another quality restaurant on the Waterfront. His other restaurants are really good. We missed Hen of the Wood after the fire at the Hotel Vermont, closed it.
The Ferry Dock just completed a big upgrade to their Marina, an improved restaurant space makes sense

Doc Ponds restaurant proposed for Burlington's waterfront

The property owner says the proposed King Street ferry dock restaurant anticipates a time when the threat of COVID-19 will fade.

www.burlingtonfreepress.com

 

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Vermont underwater historic preserve shipwrecks. The Horse ferry and the General Butler are just off Burlington. I dived in the General Butler in 1982 and a few times since.

Horse Ferry – Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

www.lcmm.org

Sailing Canal Boat General Butler – Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

www.lcmm.org

Vermont Underwater Historic Preserves – Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

www.lcmm.org

 

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It is that time of year again... Tracking the cyanobacteria on the Lake. ArcGIS Web Application

 

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More news on shipwrecks. The "Spitfire" wreck from the Revolutionary War's Battle of Valcour Island under Benedict Arnold's command.

The 1776 Gunboat Spitfire: Documenting and Preserving History – Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

www.lcmm.org

 

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It has been cold...same lighthouse as shown in the article below.

Ice is Growing Fast on Lake Champlain With Cold Snap

From a National Weather Service in Burlington tweet.

www.compassvermont.com

But not as cold as in 2019. This was March 9, 2019.

 

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Live water conditions from a webcam at Burlington Surf Club at the South end of Burlington Harbor. You can see the Southern tip and light of the South end of the Burlington breakwater to the right.

Burlington Surf Club

Burlington Surf Club

www.burlingtonsurfclub.com

Click on live current conditions at the top of page.

 

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Another statistic about the Lake Ice over the last 100 years.

 

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Stocking Muskies on the Missisquoi River

Muskie stocking in Missisquoi River | Late last week, under the cover of darkness, some new fishy additions were quietly slipped into the Missisquoi River in Swanton by department fisheries... | By Vermont Fish & Wildlife | Facebook

Late last week, under the cover of darkness, some new fishy additions were quietly slipped into the Missisquoi River in Swanton by department fisheries...

fb.watch

 

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From Red Cap Marine and Salvage... https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st...K5hstV6ViyN5sQJwbbGvks1PQl&id=100056649984497

 

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Saw this video of our marina. You can see our Beneteau at 1:43 and 2:45...

That was us on D dock. On E now.

 

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We do have a Lake monster...lol

 

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A drone view of the Burlington waterfront, breakwater and where we slip in the Summer.

This was our boat in our slip, no more as we are changing boats and slips.

 

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Diving a couple of shipwrecks off Burlington.

 

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Very cool thread zipper!