A report on Champlain Canal and Chambly Canal

Perspective map of Mechanicville from the late 19th century by L.R. Burleigh showing the Champlain Canal and Hudson River

Tug and barge on the Champlain Canal during the 1980s

Second-generation water supply locks (the five combines), built to supply water from the Hudson River to the Champlain canal, Glens Falls Feeder, Fort Edward, NY. Also utilized as secondary locks to navigate from Glen's Falls to Champlain canal. Not in use.

Lock in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu flooded during the 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River Floods

Lake Champlain and the Champlain Canal form the U.S. portion of the Lakes to Locks Passage.

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By traveling the length of Lake Champlain, boaters can access the Richelieu River and Chambly Canal, which connect Lake Champlain to the Saint Lawrence River.

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Lake Champlain

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Natural freshwater lake in North America mainly within the borders of the United States (in the states of Vermont and New York) but also across the Canada–U.S. border into the Canadian province of Quebec.

Lake Champlain in Burlington Harbor during sunset on May 27, 2012

Brooklyn Museum – Green Mountains, Lake Champlain – Winckworth Allan Gay – overall

Map of Lac Champlain, from Fort de Chambly up to Fort St-Fréderic in Nouvelle France. Cadastral map showing concessions and seigneuries on the coasts of the lake according to 1739 surveying.

The Champlain Valley as seen from Camel's Hump

A 1902 photograph of Fort Henry at Lake Champlain

The Champlain Bridge between New York and Vermont, demolished in December 2009

The LCTC ferry slip at Grand Isle, Vermont

The Swanton-Alburgh trestle spans Lake Champlain between the two Vermont towns: a distance of about 0.8 mi.

At sunset, looking west from Grand Isle to Plattsburgh and Crab Island

The lighthouse in Lake Champlain at dusk, as seen from Burlington, VT

USCG, Burlington, Vermont – main installation

Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife boat docked near ECHO Aquarium

Because of both Lake Champlain's connection to the St. Lawrence Seaway via the Richelieu River and the existence of the Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain is sometimes referred to as "The Sixth Great Lake."

It connects to the St. Lawrence River via the Richelieu River, with the Chambly Canal bypassing rapids on the river since 1843.

Richelieu River

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River of Quebec, Canada, and a major right tributary of the St. Lawrence River.

Map showing the Lake Champlain-River Richelieu watershed

Part of the Richelieu River as seen from Mont Saint-Hilaire

Map of Fort Saint-Jean and other forts on the Richelieu River circa 1666 for the campagne of the Regiment of Carignan-Salières

Fort Saint-Jean on Richelieu River in Canada during the 1750s

Map of 1695 with a plan of Fort Richelieu

Fort Saint-Jean circa 1775 siege of the fort

With 19th-century construction of the Champlain Canal (1823) south of the Lake Champlain and the Chambly Canal (1843) to the north, the Richelieu provided a direct route from the Saint Lawrence River to New York via Lake Champlain, the canals, and the Hudson River.

Lakes to Locks Passage

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Scenic byway in northeastern New York in the United States and in southern Quebec in Canada.

Roundabout in front of Chambly Town Hall, along the Route du Richelieu

The byway unifies the interconnected waterway of the upper Hudson River, Champlain Canal, Lake George, and Lake Champlain; this waterway is the core of North America's first "super-highway" between upstate New York and the Canadian province of Quebec.

Chambly Canal between Chambly and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu