Archive:Lake Willoughby
| Lake Willoughby | |
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| Location | Orleans County, Vermont |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Primary outflows | Willoughby River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 1,687 acres ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|683|0|0}} ha) |
| Max. depth | {{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|300|−2|0}} ft ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|91|(1−1)|0}} m) |
Lake Willoughby is a lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the 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.
The lake's southern end is surrounded by the Willoughby State Forest. This state park includes Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, and Bartlett Mountain.
Hydrology
The lake is known for its clarity and chilly temperature.[1] Its waters are slightly alkaline. Because of its depth, it freezes later than other lakes in the Northeast Kingdom.[2]
Geology
Willoughby is a glacial lake over 300' deep in places, making it the deepest lake entirely contained in the state [3]. 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. Glacial till from the outwash plugged the north and south ends.[4]
Natural history
Willoughby may be Vermont’s premier lake trout lake, consistently producing some of the largest lake trout caught in Vermont.[citation needed] 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.
Economy
Lake facilities offer swimming, hiking, and ice fishing. There is a nude beach on the lake's southern shore.[5] Route 5A runs along the lake's eastern edge.
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec//waterq/planning/docs/pl_basin17.assessment_report.pdf retrieved August 9, 2007
- ↑ Wheeler, Scott (February 2007). Good Fishermen Don't Get Old, They Become Legends. Vermont's Northland Journal.
- ↑ Lake Champlain is deeper at 400.3', but partly in the state of New York and the province of Quebec
- ↑ Johnson, Charles W. (1984). The Nature of Vermont. University Press of New England.
- ↑ Nudity is legal in Vermont everywhere [citation needed]
External links
- [1] retrieved July 17, 2008
- Google Map