Valcour Island

Anchored in Spoon Bay on Valcour Island with 28 other boats. We learned that the last two weeks of July are a mandatory vacation time for the construction related industries in Canada. Many others also take vacation at this time. As a result, easily 90% of the boats we have seen on the lake have Canadian registry. A lot of French being spoken on the radio...

The naval Battle of Valcour Island, also known as the Battle of Valcour Bay, took place on October 11, 1776 on Lake Champlain in a narrow strait between the New York mainland and Valcour Island. It is generally regarded as the first naval battle fought by the United State Navy. Although the American ships under the command of Benedict Arnold were mostly destroyed, the campaign delayed by one year the British attempt to cut the colonies in half and eventually led to the British military disaster at Saratoga in 1777.