Lake Champlain Geology  Lake Champlain Geology - present  Lake
Champlain Basin- at present  Lake Champlain’s Location  Lake
Champlain is located on the Champlain Valley between the Green
Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York
state. It flows north and is drained by the Richelieu River,
which in turn flows into the Saint Lawrence River at Sorel-
Tracy, Quebec.  The major feeders for Lake Champlain are Otter
Creek, the Winooski, Lamoille and Missisquoi Rivers in Vermont
and New York’s Ausable, Chazy, Boquet and Saranac Rivers. Lake
Champlain also receives water from the 32 (51 km) mile long Lake
George via the LaChute River. This means that Lake Champlain
receives water not only from the northwestern slopes of the
Green Mountains and the northeastern peaks of the Adirondacks,
but it also drains the north and west slopes of Massachusetts’
Berkshire Mountains. Lake Champlain is connected to the Hudson
River by the Champlain Canal.  Lake Champlain is one of many
large lakes that are found in