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The Lake Champlain Home
Overlooking the adirondack mountains and Lake Champlain, on a 9 mile island connected by land bridge to Alburg, V.T.
Located on historic Isle La Motte, home of the oldest coral reef in the world and in an area President Teddy Roosevelt visited , just down the street. A 500 million year old reef fossilized into stone, some of the stone even used to build into this Villa.
Our Lakefront:
This is a good swimming spot for kids and adults. It’s clean water up here away from city areas, and it also has a rare combination of a softer beach area mix of small shale and sand, even gradual slope in the water and on the beach, very few weeds due to a rock bottom, good wave action in heavy weather and a 60 foot depth about 1/2 mile from shore, which keeps fresh supply of water coming in. Our lakefront is listed in the fishing lake Champlain book as one of the best regional spots to fish, directly off our shore about 400 feet out, due to a glacier formed rock ledge underwater. Our dock extends 30 feet and people have caught many fish just fishing off the shore and the dock.
This island is rich in history to the Champlain Valley, and is home to the first establishment of civilization in Vermont starting in 1609 and the first Catholic settlement in Vermont, St. Anne's shrine. This property was part of the historic Apple farms on the island from early 1800's, and there are still a couple very old huge apple trees on our woodland area, and a apple orchard just down the street.
Great for extended family and friends coming on vacation as a group. With 6 bedrooms it sleeps 14+ with ease.
This a spacious home, great for vacation fun by the lakeside, reminding you of days of your youth. Large chef-style Kitchen, vaulted ceilings, birch wood and tile floors, 3 decks, 1 farmers porch and 1 screened in room, a large field stone fireplace and a Firepit table near the lake for keeping warm at night and making Smores.
Located on 12.9 acres, 140 feet of lakefront in front of this home. Two horseshoe pits, 1 row boat and 1 paddle boat, boat mooring for up to 27' boat, 31 feet of aluminum dock, stainless steel double-hood outdoor gas grill, A larger firepit table / charcoal grille off the rear deck, great cellular phone reception, updated horseshoe pits in back yard, volleyball / badminton setup, and sporting goods on premises ($100 refundable deposit required for horse shoes, badminton and volleyball.
Isle La Motte has some presidential history in that Teddy Roosevelt was in Isle La Motte when he became President by default at a friends place visiting, he was about a half mile down the way from our property on the same street when he got the news. The European discoverer of the lake basin, Samuel De Champlain made the first European settlement of Vermont ever in Isle La Motte. There are many historical points all around the islands to see.
There is a historical country store, many good restaurants, marinas, boat rentals, and a number of other things to do on the islands. And we also include many boats, kayaks and canoe as well, along with bicycles to move yourself along the quiet lane along the lake that our property is at. If you can appreciate Vermont country charm, nature and beautiful lake and mountain views, then you will not need to go anywhere once your here.
Just down the street from historic Fisk farm, St Anne's Shrine, Isle La Motte Preservation Trust, Goodsell Ridge, The happy bird country store (part of Embers Gardens), coffee and pastry shop, Home made maple ice cream and food, Alburgh Dunes State Park, and Hero's Welcome. We are within an hour of Famed Church Street in Burlington Vt., Parc Safari adventures, Plattsburgh, Saint Albans Vt., and Montreal, QC.
Note: Air Conditioning is available as an option but on VRBO and some other venues not showing as such. Cost is $125 energy surcharge per week which provides 4 -14,000btu rolling AC units. Other options are dog fee, up to 2 well behaved dogs for $140/week. Hot tub room access $240 per week. Can be pro rated for shorter stays.
Nature has it's share of imperfections, and yet there is much natural beauty to see here on the islands. Our home could be compared in a similar way. Perfectionism we are not, but much inspiration, peace with nature and enjoyment is easily found here. Make Lake Champlain Home your home away from home this season! We reserve the right to rent our summer weeks directly to our clients as we did for many years prior to vrbo.
**COVID and its isolation, disinfecting and anti-viral cleaning measures are of high importance to us and we are taking the proper precautions to ensure our property is protected.
Don't miss our Autumn Season with beautiful foliage, Lake and Mountain views, Apple Orchards, Pumpkin picking and all the seasonal fun! The weather is usually great for these activities and more!
Spring is an amazing season for this island area,
For wintertime, there is a natural ice skating rink that forms just inside in our woodland area, snow shoe tours are available, ice fishing is very good on this shore too. There are snowmobile trails nearby, 4 restaurants within 20 minutes, Beartown skiing/tubing (20 minutes away), Hardack Hill skiing/ tubing (35 minutes), and our frozen lake and roads in town are considered a legal road for registered UTVs'/ATV's, but only lake and trails for snow machines. (35 mph limit on roads)
