The largest freshwater Lake in the East holds a scattering of islands strung together like fish on a line, generously strewn with some of the prettiest farms and fields in New England. The Lake Champlain Islands in Vermont rise out of the mist like Atlantean remnants, with views to the horizon, and roads with names like […]
The largest freshwater Lake in the East holds a scattering of islands strung together like fish on a line, generously strewn with some of the prettiest farms and fields in New England. The Lake Champlain Islands in Vermont rise out of the mist like Atlantean remnants, with views to the horizon, and roads with names like West Shore trailing along the water. The lake is everywhere.
You can read about it in Yankee Magazine about a year from now, but in the meantime, here’s a sneak preview. Isle La Motte, North and South Hero, Grand Isle, and the peninsula of Alburgh offer unparalleled biking, swimming, fishing, and boating, along with a couple of farmers markets, a smattering of art galleries, inns, b&bs, and not much else besides exceptional, unspoiled beauty. With solstice just around the corner, I can’t imagine a sweeter place to celebrate our summer’s brief but lovely season.
Lake Champlain biking Credit: Annie GravesWater vistas Credit: Annie GravesIsland farms everywhere Credit: Annie GravesHappy cows on Grand Isle Credit: Annie GravesHyde Log Cabin, oldest in the U.S. Credit: Annie GravesGrand Isle Art Works gallery Credit: Annie GravesBiking on Isle La Motte Credit: Annie GravesSte. Anne’s Shrine Credit: Annie GravesFisk Farm compound Credit: Annie GravesGallery at Fisk Farm Credit: Annie GravesFisk Quarries Credit: Annie Graves
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Annie Graves
A New Hampshire native, Annie has been a writer and editor for more than 25 years, while also composing music and writing young adult novels.
I found it rather odd in the above two chapters that there was no mention of where the Champlain Islands are located.
Suppose some public high school graduate of the last 10 years wanted to visit. They would then have to Google the location.
I found it rather odd in the above two chapters that there was no mention of where the Champlain Islands are located.
Suppose some public high school graduate of the last 10 years wanted to visit. They would then have to Google the location.