Champlain and Rouses Point
Champlain [dead link] and Rouses Point are a pair of adjacent villages in Northern New York on the Canada-US border. The villages, 20 miles (30km) north of Plattsburgh and 40 miles (60km) south of Montréal, are the northernmost in New York (state).
Understand
Due to its proximity to the border, the area served as a staging point during the War of 1812. Plattsburgh, a city twenty miles to the south, had fended off a British-Canadian attack shortly after dawn on 11 September 1814, in the final days of the war.
The first, un-named attempt at constructing a US fort directly on the border in 1816 became known as "Fort Blunder" as a surveying error placed the fortifications 3/4 of a mile into Canadian territory. After the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 placed Island Point in the US a second fort, Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain), was built between 1844 and 1871. The guns from the second fortress were dismantled in the early 1900s.
Get in
- By car
- I-87 (Québec autoroute 15) passes through Champlain on its way from New York City to Montréal and the Laurentians. US-11 passes through both Champlain and Rouses Point northbound to Contrecoeur/Sorel.
- By rail
- Amtrak operates a small station at Delaware & Pratt Streets in Rouses Point, on the "Adirondack" line between Montréal and New York City
- By boat
- Barcomb's Marina, 90 Montgomery St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 297-6112.
- [dead link] Gaines Marina, 141 Lake St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 297-7000.
Get around
See
- Samuel De Champlain History Center, 202 Elm St, Champlain, ☏ +1 518 298-1609. Historical museum.
- Alice T Miner Museum, 9618 US Route 9, Chazy, ☏ +1 518 846-7336.
Do
Buy
Eat
- [dead link] Angelo's Pizza & Grill, 44 Champlain St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 297-4200.
- Champlain River Grill, 1147 Main, Champlain, ☏ +1 518 298-4400.
- Sandy's Deli, 133 Lake St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 297-6951.
Drink
Sleep
- [dead link] Heaton House B&B, 284 Lake St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 726-0911.
Connect
Go next
| Routes through Champlain and Rouses Point |
Montreal ←  ← |
N  S |
→ Plattsburgh → Albany (Rensselaer) |
Montreal ← Lacolle ← becomes  ← ← |
N  S |
→ Plattsburgh → Albany |
| END ← | W  E |
→ Grand Isle → Burlington |
| END ← | N  S |
→ Plattsburgh → Albany |
Contrecoeur ← Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ← becomes  ← ← |
N  S |
→ Malone → Watertown |
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