A report on Lake Champlain and Champlain Canal

Lake Champlain-River Richelieu watershed

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

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

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.

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

The Champlain Canal is a 60 mi canal in New York that connects the Hudson River to the south end of Lake Champlain.

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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."

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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

It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence.

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.

Erie Canal

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Historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.

Aqueduct over the Mohawk River at Rexford, one of 32 navigable aqueducts on the Erie Canal

The Mohawk Valley, running east and west, cuts a natural pathway (water gap) between the Catskill Mountains to the south and the Adirondack Mountains to the north.

Operations at Lockport, New York, in 1839

Stonework of lock abandoned because of route change, at Durhamville, New York

An original five-step lock structure crossing the Niagara Escarpment at Lockport, now without gates and used as a cascade for excess water

1853 map of New York canals emboldened, center: the Erie Canal; other lines: railroads, rivers and county borders

Lithograph of the Erie Canal at Lockport, New York c. 1855. Published for Herrman J. Meyer, 164 William Street, New York City.

Aqueduct over Nine Mile Creek north of Camillus, New York, built in 1841 and abandoned c. 1918; one of 32 navigable aqueducts on the Erie Canal, it has since been restored.

Upstream view of the downstream lock at Lock 32, Pittsford, New York

Map of the "Water Level Routes" of the New York Central Railroad (purple), West Shore Railroad (red) and Erie Canal (blue)

Two "low" lift bridges in Lockport, New York, July 2010

The modern Erie Canal has 34 locks, which are painted with the blue and gold colors of the New York State Canal System.

Gateway Harbor in North Tonawanda, about 1000 ft from the present-day western terminus of the Erie Canal where it connects to the Niagara River

The Old Erie Canal and its towpath at Kirkville, New York, within Old Erie Canal State Historic Park

Buffalo's Erie Canal Commercial Slip in Spring 2008

Old Erie Canal State Historic Park, DeWitt, New York

The modern single lock at the Niagara Escarpment

It connects the three other canals in the New York State Canal System: the Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga–Seneca.

The Champlain Canal, a separate but connected 64 mi north-south route from Watervliet on the Hudson to Lake Champlain, opened on the same date.

Chambly Canal

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National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly.

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.

Hudson River

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315 mi river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York in the United States.

The Hudson River Watershed, including the Hudson and Mohawk rivers

The mouth of the Hudson (yellow), located between Jersey City and New York City

The Hudson River flowing out of Henderson Lake in Tahawus

The river from Poughkeepsie, looking north.

The river between Hudson Waterfront in New Jersey (left) and Manhattan (right)

The bulk carrier Nord Angel breaking ice on the Hudson

Robert Havell, Jr., View of the Hudson River from Tarrytown, c. 1866

The George Washington Bridge links Upper Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey

The Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival, 2009

US Airways Flight 1549 after landing on the waters of the Hudson River in January 2009

North River by George Bellows, 1908, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Norrie Point Environmental Center in Staatsburg, headquarters of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve

Debris floating on the river near the World Trade Center, 1973

A juvenile house sparrow by the Hudson River

Here the river has an elevation of 200 ft. Just south in Fort Edward, the river reaches its confluence with the Champlain Canal, which historically provided boat traffic between New York City and Montreal and the rest of Eastern Canada via the Hudson, Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

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.

Whitehall, New York

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Town in Washington County, New York, United States.

The South Bay of Lake Champlain near Whitehall

In 1823, the Champlain Canal was completed to Whitehall.

The South Bay of Lake Champlain forms part of the western town line.