Lake Champlain Rising, April 2008

Vermont had unusually snowy conditions in the winter of 2007-2008.  All that snow has to go somewhere when the weather warms... namely, Lake Champlain.  The lake passed flood stage around April 13 and the water kept on rising.  The pictures below were taken at the Burlington, Vermont waterfront on the afternoon of Saturday, April 19. 

The USGS gage shown in the first image below can be viewed online at http://nh.water.usgs.gov/echo_gage/index.htm.

For more information on the Moonlight Lady overnight cruises on Lake Champlain, see http://www.vermontdiscoverycruises.com/.

For more information on the Lake Champlain Transportation Company ferry from Burlington, Vermont to Port Kent, New York, see http://www.ferries.com/central_schedule.asp.

The USGS lake gage at the ECHO center on the Burlington waterfront.	The Moonlight Lady excursion vessel.	The Lake Champlain Transportation Company ferry landing at Burlington. The area for cars awaiting the ferry was completely underwater.
Perkins Pier.	Perkins Pier.	Perkins Pier.
Perkins Pier.	Carole at Perkins Pier.	Juniper Island, three miles offshore. The cold lake water and the warm air caused fog to rise up, creating the refraction shown in this image.