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January 31, 1979. The Island Pond Historic District encompasses a portion of the village of Island Pond in the town of Brighton, Vermont. The village was established in the 19th century as the halfway point in the Grand Trunk Railway, an international railroad connecting Portland, Maine and Montreal. Island Pond was a major service center for ...
Brighton State Park is a state park in Island Pond, Vermont. [ 1 ] The park features a campground on the 102-acre Spectacle Pond, which is mostly undeveloped. [ 2 ] There is also a day use beach and bathhouse located on 600-acre Island Pond [ 3 ] just a half mile from the campground. Activities includes boating, swimming, camping, fishing ...
FIPS code. 50-35725 [1] GNIS feature ID. 1457977 [2] Island Pond is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Brighton in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 750 at the 2020 census. [3] It is part of the Berlin, NH –VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (reporting mark SLR), known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec (reporting mark SLQ) in Canada, is a short-line railway operating between Portland, Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean, and Montreal, Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River. It crosses the Canada–US border at Norton, Vermont, and Stanhope, Quebec, and ...
Island Pond began to lose its significance as a major railroad town towards the end of the 1950s due to the elimination of steam locomotives. Around 1960 passenger service to Portland ended, and three years later, diesel locomotive repairs ceased. In 1966 the roundhouse was closed, and the staff working in Island Pond was reduced.
This is a list of lakes in Vermont. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. The Vermont Department of Health and Department of Environmental Conservation establish the limits of Escherichia coli allowed before swimming is permitted.
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Old Burrington [n 6] Caledonia. Lyndon. 44°33′13″N 71°58′10″W / 44.553644°N 71.969515°W / 44.553644; -71.969515 (Old Burrington Covered Bridge) 1865. 68'. East Branch of Passumpsic River on Burrington Bridge Road.