This is not the Maine lake. But the main Lake Champlain. While the Inland Sea can seem flat and expansive, the main part of Lake Champlain is dramatic. To the east are the Greens: the majestic Camel's Hump, Mansfield, and to the south, Abraham. To the west, the Adirondacks show in all their glory. The complex is really a 160-mile wide dome of more than 100 peaks. Mount Marcy is the highest at 5344 feet. There are about 45 other peaks over 4000 feet high.
Portraying the Lake cartographically is a challenge. It is long and narrow. So here you can see the southern part of the Lake shown on the left. Further south is the bottom of the Lake and the Champlain Canal.
On the left panel, you can see Burlington Bay. To the west of Burlington, along the New York side is Willsboro Bay, a picturesque fjord-like finger of lake. The New York side has steep mountains coming right down to the Lake. Beware of squalls that can lurk behind these mountains and "pounce" on unsuspecting boaters. The Vermont side is relatively flat leading east to the Green Mountains.
You can see how broad the Lake is at Burlington and how quickly it narrows going south. In fact the Lake feels completely different south of the circled number "6" on the map.
Here's picture of New York state to the south of "6".
And another picture nearby.
To the south of this area, the Lake narrows considerably as it leads past Crown Point and Fort Ticonderoga. This is the view up towards Fort Ti. We will hopefully be visiting the Fort tomorrow (July 18th) from our berth at the Chipman Point Marina.
Then we continue south to Whitehall, the birthplace of the U.S. Navy and where Benedict Arnold had built much of his fleet to fight the British at Valcour.
Whitehall is also the beginning of the Champlain Canal.
Cheers,
Brio
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