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 | caption_lake = With [[Mt. Pisgah]]
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 | location = [[Orleans County, Vermont]]
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 | outflow = Willoughby River
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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.
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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]].

== Hydrology ==
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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. Because of its depth, it freezes later than other lakes in the [[Northeast Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Wheeler, Scott |title = Good Fishermen Don't Get Old, They Become Legends | publisher = Vermont's Northland Journal | year = February 2007}}</ref>

== Geology ==
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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]].

The rock between Mount Pisgah on the east and Mount Hor on the west was ground out and eroded by an ancient river that ran between. The river in turn probably followed a long crack (fault) in the rock. The river and glacier continued the process. [[Till|Glacial till]] from the outwash plugged the north and south ends.<ref name=>{{cite book | author = Johnson, Charles W. |title = The Nature of Vermont | publisher = [[University Press of New England]] | date = 1984}}</ref>

== Natural history ==
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Willoughby may be Vermont’s premier lake trout lake, consistently producing some of the largest lake trout caught in Vermont.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} Willoughby 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]] which is a native species of extremely limited distribution in Vermont. The lake contains native fish.
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== History ==
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== Economy ==
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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. 

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== Footnotes ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec//waterq/planning/docs/pl_basin17.assessment_report.pdf] retrieved July 17, 2008
*[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]

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[[Category:Lakes of Vermont|Willoughby]]
[[Category:Westmore, Vermont]]
[[Category:Orleans County, Vermont]]


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