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.
Famous quotes containing the word island:
“When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the “big canoe” of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush down to the beach in crowds, and with open arms stand ready to embrace the strangers. Fatal embrace! They fold to their bosoms the vipers whose sting is destined to poison all their joys; and the instinctive feeling of love within their breasts is soon converted into the bitterest hate.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)