Champlain and Rouses Point
Champlain [dead link] and Rouses Point are a pair of adjacent villages in Northern New York on the U.S.-Canada border. The villages, 20 miles (30 km) north of Plattsburgh and 40 miles (60 km) south of Montreal, are the northernmost in the state of New York.
Understand[edit]
Due to its proximity to the border, the area served as a staging point during the War of 1812. Plattsburgh, a city 20 miles to the south, had fended off a British-Canadian attack shortly after dawn on September 11, 1814, in the final days of the war.
The first, un-named attempt at constructing a U.S. fort directly on the border in 1816 became known as "Fort Blunder" as a surveying error placed the fortifications ¾ mile into Canadian territory. After the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 placed Island Point in the U.S. 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[edit]
By car[edit]
I-87, from New York City and Albany, terminates at the border crossing in Champlain. Immediately after the border, Autoroute 15 heads north to Montreal and the Laurentians. US-11 passes through both Champlain and Rouses Point, before becoming Quebec Route 223 northbound to Contrecœur/Sorel.
By train[edit]
Amtrak operates a small station at Delaware & Pratt Streets in Rouses Point, on the "Adirondack" line between Montréal and New York City
By boat[edit]
- 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[edit]
US-11 links the villages.
See[edit]
- A total solar eclipse on Monday 8 April 2024 starts at 3:35PM local time and lasts 3 min 30 sec. The chances of a clear sky are 30%. The track of totality is northeast from Mexico and Texas to Ohio then straddling the Canada–New England border.
- 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[edit]
Buy[edit]
Eat[edit]
- [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[edit]
Sleep[edit]
- [dead link] Heaton House B&B, 284 Lake St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 726-0911.
Connect[edit]
Go next[edit]
| Routes through Champlain and Rouses Point |
Montreal ←  ←
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N  S
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→ Plattsburgh → Albany (Rensselaer) |
Montreal ← Lacolle ← becomes  ← ←
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N  S
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→ Plattsburgh → Albany |
| END ← | W  E
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→ Grand Isle → Burlington |
| END ← | N  S
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→ Plattsburgh → Albany |
Contrecoeur ← Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ← becomes  ← ←
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N  S
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→ Malone → Watertown |
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