Champlain and Rouses Point are a pair of adjacent villages in Northern New York on the U.S.-Canada border. The villages, 20 miles (30 km) north of Plattsburgh and 40 miles (60 km) south of Montreal, are the northernmost in the state of New York.
Understand
[edit]Due to its proximity to the border, the area served as a staging point during the War of 1812. Plattsburgh, a city 20 miles to the south, had fended off a British-Canadian attack shortly after dawn on September 11, 1814, in the final days of the war.
The first, un-named attempt at constructing a U.S. fort directly on the border in 1816 became known as "Fort Blunder" as a surveying error placed the fortifications ¾ mile into Canadian territory. After the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 placed Island Point in the U.S. a second fort, Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain), was built between 1844 and 1871. The guns from the second fortress were dismantled in the early 1900s.
Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]I-87, from New York City and Albany, terminates at the border crossing in Champlain. Immediately after the border, Autoroute 15 heads north to Montreal and the Laurentians. US-11 passes through both Champlain and Rouses Point, before becoming Quebec Route 223 northbound to Contrecœur/Sorel.
By train
[edit]- See also: Rail travel in the United States
- 1 Rouses Point station, 68 Pratt Street (near the intersection of Delaware and Pratt Streets). This is a small station. Train operator:
- Amtrak, ☏ +1 215-856-7924, toll-free: +1-800-872-7245. Operates train service around the United States of America. Route stopping at Rouses Point:
- Adirondack operating daily between Montreal and New York City including stops along the way in Saint-Lambert, Rouses Point, Plattsburgh, Westport, Ticonderoga, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, Albany (Rensselaer), Hudson, Rhinecliff, Poughkeepsie, Croton-on-Hudson, and Yonkers. For trains headed to Montreal, this is the final stop before reaching border control into Canada.
- Amtrak, ☏ +1 215-856-7924, toll-free: +1-800-872-7245. Operates train service around the United States of America. Route stopping at Rouses Point:
By boat
[edit]- Barcomb's Marina, 90 Montgomery St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 297-6112.
- [dead link] Gaines Marina, 141 Lake St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 297-7000.
Get around
[edit]US-11 links the villages.
See
[edit]- Samuel De Champlain History Center, 202 Elm St, Champlain, ☏ +1 518 298-1609. Historical museum.
- Alice T Miner Museum, 9618 US Route 9, Chazy, ☏ +1 518 846-7336.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- Angelo's Pizza & Grill, 44 Champlain St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518-547-1526.
- Sandy's Deli, 133 Lake St, Rouses Point, ☏ +1 518 297-6951.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]Routes through Champlain and Rouses Point |
Montreal ← Saint-Lambert ← |
N |
→ Plattsburgh → Albany (Rensselaer) |
Montreal ← Lacolle ← becomes |
N |
→ Plattsburgh → Albany |
END ← | W |
→ Grand Isle → Burlington |
END ← | N |
→ Plattsburgh → Albany |
Contrecoeur ← Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ← becomes |
N |
→ Malone → Watertown |