Vergennes, Vermont

At one square mile, Vergennes is the smallest chartered city in Vermont. It is also the third-oldest in the United States. Located six miles from Lake Champlain on the Otter Creek, the lake defines much of what it is and was. It is the current location of Button Bay State Park (so named for the button-shaped rocks one can find on its shores), Basin Harbor and the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Benedict Arnold build the fleet here that he used to stop the British advances in 1776, as did Thomas Macdonough, who used his fleet to defeat the British in 1814's Battle of Plattsburgh.

See also:

• Southern Champlain Valley

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