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| lake_name = Lake Willoughby<br />
| image_lake = Willoughbuy.JPG<br />
| caption_lake = With [[Mt. Pisgah]]<br />
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| location = [[Orleans County, Vermont]]<br />
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| outflow = Willoughby River<br />
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'''Lake Willoughby''' is a [[lake]] in the town of [[Westmore]] in [[Orleans County, Vermont|Orleans County]] in the [[Northeast Kingdom|northeast section]] of [[Vermont]], [[United States]]. Willoughby is a [[glacial lake]] over 300' deep in places, making it the deepest lake entirely contained in the state <ref>[[Lake Champlain]] is deeper at 400.3', but partly in the state of [[New York]] and the province of [[Quebec]]</ref>. It resembles a Norwegian [[fjord]]. Lake facilities offer [[swimming]], [[hiking]], and [[ice fishing]]. There is a nude beach on the lake's southern shore.<ref>Nudity is legal in Vermont everywhere {{Fact|date=August 2007}}</ref> [[Vermont Route 5A| Route 5A]] runs along the lake's eastern edge. <br />
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The lake's southern end is surrounded by the [[Willoughby State Forest]]. This state park includes [[Mount Pisgah, Vermont|Mount Pisgah]], [[Mount Hor, Vermont|Mount Hor]], and [[Bartlett Mountain]].<br />
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The lake is known for its clarity and chilly temperature.<ref>http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec//waterq/planning/docs/pl_basin17.assessment_report.pdf retrieved August 9, 2007</ref> Its waters are slightly alkaline. It may be Vermont’s premier lake trout lake, consistently producing some of the largest lake trout caught in Vermont. Willoughby also contains rainbow trout (wild and stocked), landlocked Atlantic salmon (mainly stocked), rainbow smelt, burbot, yellow perch, longnose sucker, white sucker, lake chub, common shiner and round whitefish, a native species of extremely limited distribution in Vermont. The lake contains native fish.<br />
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== Footnotes ==<br />
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there is no nude beach anymore at Lake Willoughby<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&sll=44.838343,-72.012634&sspn=0.477162,0.98877&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=44.742832,-72.0401&spn=0.238976,0.494385&om=1 Google Map]<br />
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[[Category:Lakes of Vermont|Willoughby]]<br />
[[Category:Westmore, Vermont]]<br />
[[Category:Orleans County, Vermont]]<br />
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