Schuyler Island, Schuylers Island, or Whitney Island, is an island in Lake Champlain, between Port Kent, New York and Willsboro Bay, opposite Burlington, Vermont. It is a part of Chesterfield, in Essex County, New York. Schuyler Island was involved in the 1776 Battle of Valcour during the American Revolutionary War.
Schuyler Island was a family farm and was taken from the family during World War II using eminent domain provisions of the law. The US Government military viewed the island as an important backup to Plattsburgh Air Force Base in NY State. The Federal Government later gave the land to the State of NY which created a State park there. Overnight camping sites are available and is popular stop for lake boaters.
Schuyler Island is located at 44°29′57″N 73°22′32″W / 44.49917°N 73.37556°W / 44.49917; -73.37556Coordinates: 44°29′57″N 73°22′32″W / 44.49917°N 73.37556°W / 44.49917; -73.37556.
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“We crossed a deep and wide bay which makes eastward north of Kineo, leaving an island on our left, and keeping to the eastern side of the lake. This way or that led to some Tomhegan or Socatarian stream, up which the Indian had hunted, and whither I longed to go. The last name, however, had a bogus sound, too much like sectarian for me, as if a missionary had tampered with it; but I knew that the Indians were very liberal. I think I should have inclined to the Tomhegan first.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)