The Peru Gazette

Source: It’s been a wild winter for the Lake Champlain ferries. Here’s why | NCPR News

Thank you to Marque Moffett for taking these great photos yesterday at Ausable Point Campground here in Peru and thanks to the artistic person who turned a tree limb into another Champy.

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2/17  Grand Isle -Plattsburgh Crossing will be OPENING at 9:45 a.m. with two boat service.  Please note: this morning the text notification system provider is not working.  The Charlotte Crossing is running as scheduled.

Source: Grand Isle Ferry reopens after temporary closure Sunday night

UPDATE: As of 2/3 at 4:15a  the Grand Isle, VT – Plattsburgh, NY crossing is OPEN. First departure from CH is 4:40a and first departure from Grand Isle is 5:00a. Estimating right now due to taking a slightly longer route the ferries will run slightly off schedule. Charlotte Crossing running as scheduled.

National Weather Service  352 AM EST Wed Feb 2 ,2022   FRIDAY…Northern St. Lawrence-Northern Franklin-Southeastern St. Lawrence-Southern Franklin-Western Clinton-Western Essex- Southwestern St. Lawrence- Including the cities of Massena, Malone, Star Lake, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake, Dannemora, Lake Placid, Ogdensburg, Potsdam, and Gouverneur   ..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM […]

Crews announced at 10 a.m. one lane of traffic on the bridge had been reopened. Source: Tractor-trailer crash prompts hours-long closure of Rouses Point bridge to Vermont

Source: NBC5 In Depth: Filming history on Lake Champlain

The trail goes from Port Kent to Ticonderoga. Source: Town to Town on the CATS trails – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Grand Isle ferry restarts service after temporarily closure

Source: Experts say cold snap leads to rapid ice formation on Lake Champlain

Source: Beekmantown’s oldest monument: Point au Roche Lighthouse | Sun Community News POINT AU ROCHE | There’s a rocky outcrop near the surface of northern Lake Champlain that all 19th-century boatmen feared: it’s called La Roche Reef.

Effective Monday, January 17, 2022 Due to staffing and COVID-related issues the Grand Isle, VT – Plattsburgh, NY Crossing will be reducing the third boat running hours during the weekdays. For departures out of Grand Isle, VT Click Here. For Departures out of Plattsburgh, NY  The Charlotte, VT – Essex, NY crossing will no longer […]

Source: Historical Champy marker to be replaced | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Following public outcry and a disheartening theft, the Town of Plattsburgh, William G. Pomeroy Foundation and Clinton County Historical Association are now working to bring the icon

Source: Cumberland Head Lighthouse: Worthy of an admiral’s visit | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Standing near the site of New York’s “other” Sept. 11 site today is the privately owned Cumberland Head Lighthouse. This Lake Champlain light is located at the entr

Source: Border Concerns: Douglas slams upcoming vaccine requirement for essential travelers | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Gov. Hochul ups war on aquatic invasive species | Sun Community News ALBANY | Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to allow the installation of inspection stations in an effort to protect against aquatic invasive species along several locations in the

Grand Isle, VT – The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) seeks proposals for a program that will implement innovative enhancements to best management practices (BMPs) on farms in the New York portion of the Lake Champlain Basin in 2022. These enhanced BMPs will help reduce phosphorus runoff, a prominent threat to clean water in Lake […]

Source: Bluff Point Lighthouse: Where women kept the light on | Sun Community News VALCOUR ISLAND | Who doesn’t love the lure of a romantic lighthouse? But here, far from the sea, Lake Champlain’s historic lighthouses are landlocked and often bypassed. Yet these s

Source: Saving the Crown Point Light | Sun Community News CROWN POINT | Who doesn’t love the lure of a romantic lighthouse? Here, far from the sea, Lake Champlain’s inland lighthouses beckon the explorer. From Crown Point to Windmill Point, eight lighthouses prote

Source: Champy sign theft disheartens town officials and residents | Sun Community News CUMBERLAND HEAD | When the Champy Legends and Lore marker was added to the shores of Lake Champlain in Cumberland Head, residents and visitors alike were treated to an unexpect

Cyanobacteria Monitoring Report In sun and rain, heat and cold, monitors collectively filed over 2,700 reports during the 2021 season. In the links and photographs below you’ll find our last weekly report compilation for 2021; see a late season bloom at Arnold’s Bay; learn what a difference a day can make; view water samples of cyanobacteria […]

Source: 78 year-old Redford woman with dementia still missing | NCPR News

“Lake Champlain warmed between two and seven degrees, depending on location, from 1964 to 2009, according to the state department of health. Lake Champlain hit 65 degrees this May, reached the high 70s in August, and didn’t dip back below 65 until October, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.”  Source: Thanks to climate change, toxic bacterial […]