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The Champlain Canal is a 60-mile (97 km) canal in New York that connects the Hudson River to the south end of Lake Champlain. It was simultaneously constructed with the Erie Canal for use by commercial vessels, fully opening in 1823. Today, it is mostly used by recreational boaters as part of the New York State Canal System and Lakes to Locks ...
This map of the Lake Champlain drainage basin shows the approximate route of the project. The Lake Champlain Seaway was a canal project proposed in the late 19th century and considered as late as the 1960s to connect New York State 's Hudson River and Quebec 's St. Lawrence River with a deep-water canal. The objective was to allow easy ship ...
Lake Champlain in Burlington Harbor during sunset on May 27, 2012. Lake Champlain is in the Lake Champlain Valley between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York, drained northward by the 106 mi-long (171 km) Richelieu River into the St. Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, northeast and downstream of Montreal.
The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New York City and Jersey City, eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Upper New ...
The Champlain Canal, a separate but connected 64-mile (103 km) north–south route from Watervliet on the Hudson to Lake Champlain, opened on the same date. [ citation needed ] After Montezuma Marsh, the next difficulties were crossing Irondequoit Creek and the Genesee River near Rochester.
Samuel de Champlain and his team reached the mouth of the river in 1603. [1] Champlain returned to the river in 1608 [15] and in 1609, exploring upriver and through Lake Champlain to modern-day Albany, New York. [1] Toponymy. The river was formerly known as "Masoliantekw", which means "water where there is plenty of food" in Abenaki. [16]
A 1777 map depicting Lake Champlain and the upper Hudson River. In 1755, following the Battle of Lake George, the French decided to construct a fort here. Marquis de Vaudreuil, the governor of the French Province of Canada, sent his cousin Michel Chartier de Lotbinière to design and construct a fortification at this militarily important site, which the French called Fort Carillon. [9]
Lakes to Locks Passage. The Lakes to Locks Passage in the United States and the corresponding Route du Richelieu in Canada form a scenic byway network located in northeastern New York and southern Quebec. This byway connects a series of water routes including the upper Hudson River, Champlain Canal, Lake George, and Lake Champlain.