Schuyler Island

Schuyler Island

Schuyler Island, Schuyler ['] s Island, or Whitney Island, [cite web|url= http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:974255 |title= Schuyler Island GNIS entry |accessdate=2008-08-09] is an island in Lake Champlain, 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.

Schuyler Island is located at Coord|44|29|57|N|73|22|32|W|type:isle_scale:10000_region:US|display=inline,title.

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