Champlain is a stunning lake between New York and Vermont. The Champlain Bridge is the one who connects them.

Most of the lake’s shores are privately owned, but in recent years the number of public access points and campsites has expanded.

The rocky, undeveloped shoreline of Point au Roche State Park, north of Plattsburgh.

Vacationers from Greenwich, Conn., climb Barn Rock on the western shore of Lake Champlain before jumping off the cliff into the lake below.

The lake is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States but partially situated across the US-Canada border in the Canadian province of Quebec.