Lake Champlain Region

With big water comes big fish. Lake Champlain is home to many of the region’s largest catches, including smallmouth and largemouth bass, lake trout, and landlocked salmon. In fact, the Bassmaster Tournament Series consistently ranks Lake Champlain in its top 100 bass fisheries! When winter covers the lake with a thick sheet of ice, erect a hut, cut a hole, and keep on fishing! Ice fishing is a popular winter activity in the Lake Champlain Region, and the fish keep biting all year long. Even if you don’t reel in a catch worthy of a big fish story, you’ll enjoy a scenic day on the water. And, according to local legend, you might catch sight of Lake Champlain’s very own underwater monster – Champy!

History buffs will find a lot to marvel over in the Lake Champlain Region. Lake Champlain played an important role in much of America's earliest history. Battles from three wars – the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812 – were fought on its banks and waters. With wars come forts, and since Lake Champlain controlled much of the trade up and down the St. Lawrence and Hudson Rivers, building forts on the lake was a key strategy move. Three major forts were built on the shores of Lake Champlain - Fort St. Frederic, Fort Ticonderoga and His Majesty's Fort at Crown Point. Only the foundation remains of the French Fort St. Frederic.  The British fort at Crown Point is in ruins and the reconstructed Fort Ticonderoga is one of the best preserved forts in the country.