Lake Willoughby

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lake_name = Lake Willoughby
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location = Orleans County, Vermont
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outflow = Willoughby River
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Lake Willoughby is a lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the northeast section of Vermont, United States. Willoughby is a glacial lake over 300' deep in places, making it the deepest lake entirely contained in the state.

The lake's southern end is surrounded by the Willoughby State Forest. This state park includes Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, and Bartlett Mountain.

Hydrology

The lake is known for its clarity and chilly temperature. [http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec//waterq/planning/docs/pl_basin17.assessment_report.pdf retrieved August 9, 2007] Its waters are slightly alkaline. Because of its depth, it freezes later than other lakes in the Northeast Kingdom. [cite book | author = Wheeler, Scott |title = Good Fishermen Don't Get Old, They Become Legends | publisher = Vermont's Northland Journal | year = February 2007]

Geology

Willoughby is a glacial lake over 300' deep in places, making it the deepest lake entirely contained in the state [Lake Champlain is deeper at 400.3', but partly in the state of New York and the province of Quebec] . It resembles a Norwegian fjord.

Natural history

Willoughby may be Vermont’s premier lake trout lake, consistently producing some of the largest lake trout caught in Vermont.Fact|date=July 2008 Willoughby contains rainbow trout (wild and stocked), landlocked Atlantic salmon (mainly stocked), rainbow smelt, burbot, yellow perch, longnose sucker, white sucker, lake chub, common shiner, and round whitefish which is a native species of extremely limited distribution in Vermont. The lake contains native fish.

Economy

Lake facilities offer swimming, hiking, and ice fishing. There is a nude beach on the lake's southern shore. [Nudity is legal in Vermont everywhere Fact|date=August 2007] Route 5A runs along the lake's eastern edge.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec//waterq/planning/docs/pl_basin17.assessment_report.pdf] retrieved July 17, 2008
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&sll=44.838343,-72.012634&sspn=0.477162,0.98877&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=44.742832,-72.0401&spn=0.238976,0.494385&om=1 Google Map]