Geography | |
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Location | Lake Champlain |
Coordinates | 44°29′57″N 73°22′32″W / 44.49917°N 73.37556°W |
Area | 161 acres (65 ha)[1]: 6 |
Administration | |
State | New York |
County | Essex |
Town | Chesterfield |
Owner | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
Schuyler Island, also known as Schuyler's Island or Whitney Island,[2] is a 161-acre (0.65 km2)[1]: 6 uninhabited island in Lake Champlain. It is a part of the Town of Chesterfield in Essex County, New York, located between Port Kent, New York and Willsboro Bay, opposite Burlington, Vermont.
Schuyler Island was involved in the 1776 Battle of Valcour during the American Revolutionary War, and is today managed as part of Adirondack Park, with several unimproved campsites available.