HISTORY

Before 1609 Champlain’s Account, 1609 The Wars on the Lake The Steamboats The Lake’s Trade

BIOLOGY

The Eels Cyanobacteria Blooms The Mussels The Fisheries Species Recorded in the Lake Plankton and Water Chemistry

GEOLOGY

How the Valley Was Made The Thrust, the Reef and the Whale The Lake in 3-D

HYDROLOGY

The Lake, Right Now The Surface Currents The Seiche and the Layers The Watershed The Water Budget Where the Lake Floods Ice Cover

RECREATION

On the Water

EDUCATORS SOURCES ABOUT SEARCH

The data

The records behind these series are on the sources page.

Lake Champlain, an interactive resource by Craig W. French. Prose, drawings and data CC BY 4.0.

This page’s data was last written on 12 September 2026.