Map of Lake Champlain (1765)

[raz]

Check out this cool map of Lake Champlain in 1765.
Many of the names have changed over the years. One such name "CLOVEN ROCKS".
You can make this map full screen, zoom in/out, navigate, etc...
Pretty cool.
http://www.bigmapblog.com/2012/collins- ... lain-1765/

[Trackertroller]

Very cool, thanks for sharing this. Would be really cool to see charts from this time.

[Gecha (Gerry)]

WOW, that'a a cool map.
Now you know where "Split Rock" comes from "Rocher Fendu"
That map has great details and is 250 years old.

[dreamcatcher]

Good fined Raz. Looking at some of the water levels on the high spots from then looks like about what we have now! Maybe even lower.

[Dipsey]

I'm always amazed at the level of detail and accuracy of these old maps. Good find Raz.

[Digitroll Fishing]

I know Crazy Ivan will be sad that buckwheat bay isn't labeled on this map.

Interesting that the sandbar causeway is almost intact in it's natural form and the water level is probably at 92 feet.

[Lavman]

Very cool find! Would make a really nice framed piece for the wall

[Reelax]

Very cool map, no mention of Burlington... It is interesting to see the sandbar causeway was a natural occurance before it was a highway....

[raz]

It is interesting to see the sandbar causeway was a natural occurance before it was a highway....

One of the areas that surprises me most is the mouth of the Lamoille river. I had been told that the "old" mouth was to the north and "man" had diverted it when the causeway road was built. This map however shows the river as we know it today.

[vtperchman]

cool