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Valcour Island is a 968-acre (3.92 km 2) [1]: 6 island in Lake Champlain in Clinton County, New York, United States. [2] The island is mostly in the Town of Peru and partly in the Town of Plattsburgh , southeast of the City of Plattsburgh .
Currently only one marked trail exists, the 1.83 mile Red Loop trail. Two additional trails are planned: A 2.5 mile extension trail (which can be accessed from the red loop trail) and will connect via a proposed bridge across Sottile Canal to a 4-mile loop trail. [23] [24] The trailhead is located at the end of Crepe Myrtle Road.
Valcour Bay is actually a strait or sound, located between Valcour Island and the west side of Lake Champlain, four miles south of Plattsburgh, New York. It was the site of the Battle of Valcour Island during the American Revolutionary War. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961 because of this association.
The Valcour (built 1947 from WWII surplus; named after Valcour Island, site of a military battle; this vessel was the last ferry to be built on Lake Champlain and was constructed at the historic Shelburne Shipyard) The Vermont (built 1992 to run in ice)
Valcour may refer to: Aline and Valcour, novel; USS Valcour, ship; ... Valcour Island, island in New York; Valcour Records, record label; See also. Valcourt ...
Bethpage Mountain Bike Trail: Four miles from Bethpage State Park gatehouse, white triangles mark the off-road, marked loop trail. Cathedral Pines County Park: Six mile single track mountain bike trail (9 miles (14 km) including the advanced black diamond designated sections). Maintained by CLIMB (Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists).
In the 1930s, the New York State Department of Transportation built the Bethpage State Parkway to help residents of nearby New York City access Long Island parks. In the 1970s, the Department of Transportation built the original 6.8-mile path from the Massapequa Preserve to the Bethpage State Park playground and parking area to connect the preserve and Massapequa. [1]
Valcouroceras is the type genus for the Valcouroceratidae, a family in the nautiloid order Oncocerida named by Rousseau Flower, 1943, named for Valcour Island in Lake Champlain, between New York state and Vermont, where it was first discovered.