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Lake Champlain anchorages, Rouses Point to Westport

A hundred and twelve miles of fresh water between Vermont and New York, linked to the Hudson by the Champlain Canal and to the St. Lawrence by the Richelieu and the Chambly Canal, which limits draft to 6.5 feet and air draft to 29 feet. In the north, the islands: Rouses Point, Carry Bay on North Hero, Burton Island, Deep Bay, Plattsburgh and Valcour Island, where Benedict Arnold fought in 1776. In the middle, nearly landlocked Malletts Bay, Burlington and Shelburne Bay. In the south, Essex, Converse Bay, Kingsland Bay, Vergennes 8 miles up Otter Creek, then Westport. The lake level moves 4 to 5 feet over the year.

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HarbourRouses Point, United States
Barcom’s
4.8
Full-service marina at the north end of Lake Champlain in Rouses Point, the closest marina to the Canadian border.
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AnchorageUnited States
Carry Bay
4.8
Anchorage in Carry Bay off North Hero on Lake Champlain, Vermont, with a mud bottom and shelter from NW through SE winds.
- Water
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HarbourNorth Hero, United States
North Hero
Full-service marina in Carry Bay on North Hero Island, northern Lake Champlain, Vermont.
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AnchorageUnited States
Burton island
4.2
Anchorage off Burton Island State Park in the Inland Sea of Lake Champlain, Vermont. Mud bottom, sheltered from the south-west through south-east.
- Water
- Buoys
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AnchorageUnited States
Deep bay
3.0
Sheltered bay on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, north of Plattsburgh and opposite North Hero, with mooring buoys on a sand bottom.
- Buoys
- Up to 32 ft
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HarbourPlattsburgh, United States
Plattsburgh Boat Basin
Full service marina on the west shore of Lake Champlain at the mouth of the Saranac River, 5 minutes' walk from downtown Plattsburgh in northern New York State.
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AnchorageUnited States
Valcour Island East
2.5
Anchorages along the eastern shore of Valcour Island, on Lake Champlain about 4 miles south of Plattsburgh, New York.
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AnchorageUnited States
Thayer Beach
4.2
Anchorage off a sandy beach on the east shore of Lake Champlain, at Colchester near Burlington, Vermont.
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HarbourBurlington, United States
Burlington Harbor Marina
Full-service marina on Lake Champlain waterfront at Burlington, Vermont, with 160 berths including 60 transient slips for boats up to 90 feet.
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AnchorageUnited States
Burlington
4.7
Mooring field off the Burlington waterfront on the Vermont shore of Lake Champlain, with a sand bottom.
- Water
- Buoys
- Up to 49 ft
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AnchorageUnited States
Head of Shelburne Bay
4.6
Anchorage at the head of Shelburne Bay on Lake Champlain, Shelburne, Vermont, with a sand and weed bottom.
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HarbourEssex, United States
Essex Marina
Marina in the deep-water narrows of Lake Champlain, at Essex on the New York shore, opposite Charlotte in Vermont.
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AnchorageUnited States
Converse Bay Sud
Anchorage in Converse Bay on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, near Charlotte, Vermont, with a bottom of mud and weed.
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AnchorageUnited States
Kingsland Bay
3.7
Anchorage in a sheltered bay off Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh, Vermont, on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain. Mud bottom.
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HarbourUnited States
Quai municipal de Vergennes
2.9
Free city dock at Macdonough Park on the east bank of Otter Creek, at the head of navigation in Vergennes, Vermont.
- Up to 131 ft
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HarbourWestport, United States
Westport Marina
3.7
Full-service marina in Northwest Bay, on the New York shore of Lake Champlain, run by the Carroll family since 1982.