Paddling | Lake Champlain Region

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Carve your way through Adirondack waters

Lake Champlain paddling

Paddling is a great way to experience Adirondack wildlife both by birding and fishing. Guides and boat rental services are available throughout the region and are a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more and going out on an adventure!

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A man walks a kayak to a lake while his wife and young daughter walk behind him.

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Make the most of your time on the lake

Lake Champlain, the nation's sixth largest lake, is easily accessible through numerous boat launches and marinas. The legendary lake is a popular paddling destination for canoes, SUPs, flat water, and sea kayaks. Find any kind of experience on the water, from relaxing flat water to adventurous whitewater floats.

Backcountry ponds are ideal for exploration via canoe, kayak or SUP (standup paddleboard).
The region's smaller rivers are navigable with small flat water and whitewater kayaks.
Area attractions offer another great way to paddle - rent a canoe at Fort Ticonderoga and experience history from a water perspective or take a raft ride at the Ausable Chasm.

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A man and woman sit at a lakeside restaurant and eat a burger and salad.

Lakeside dining

Take your seat and dine just off the waters of Lake Champlain!

A marina on a lake filled with boats.

Marinas

Make your boat day seamless.

A boat glides across a lake with mountains behind it in summer.

Love Your ADK

Help protect the lands and waters of the Adirondacks!

A group of cabins and boats park on the water of a lake.

On the water

Discover how you'll spend your time on the water here.

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Legendary Paddling

An island on a pond

A dock with some kayaks on a pond

Lincoln Pond

Elizabethtown, NY

The aerial view of Noblewood Park's distinctive coastline.

The sign leads to a parking area.

Paddlers on the bay, heading for Lake Champlain.

The beach has driftwood sculptures.

Plenty of room to explore the shore.

Noblewood Park

Willsboro, NY

Mill and Murrey Ponds are great places for pike to hunt and hide.

Mill and Murray Ponds

Mineville, NY

Tanaher Pond

Mineville, NY

This lovely park transitions from river and forest to lake and beach.

Keep the kids busy, in and out of the water.

The lake and mountain view is spectacular.

Port Henry's Champ Beach Park

Port Henry, NY

Pumpkinseed and other panfish are in Long Pond.

Long Pond

Willsboro, NY

Putnam Pond Campground is a doorway to outdoor adventure.

The American Bittern is found is Adirondack wetlands.

Putnam Pond State Campground

Ticonderoga, NY

Boquet River - Beaver Meadow Brook

Elizabethtown, NY

Bulwagga Bay Park is a launching point for Adirondack Coast exploration.

Bulwagga Bay Park is a great place to enjoy Lake Champlain.

Bulwagga Bay is a sheltered paddling spot.

Bulwagga Bay Park

Port Henry, NY

This tranquil pond is well sheltered.

Russett Pond

Mineville, NY

The beautiful falls are part of Ticonderoga's beautiful Bicentennial Park.

The boat dock in Bicenntennial Park is suitable for hand launching.

Paddle under historic bridges on the La Chute River.

Many great places to fish along the La Chute River.

See the falls in the distance.

La Chute River

Ticonderoga, NY

Great access and two ponds at Putnam Pond.

Putnam Pond and North Pond are popular spots for ice fishing.

Putnam Pond and North Pond

Ticonderoga, NY

Boquet River - Northway to Boquet

Essex, NY

Line up for a wonderful Adirondack sunset photo.

Eagle Lake is a good place for loon spotting.

The trees are gorgeous in the fall.

Eagle Lake has views of the mountains.

Many interesting shoreline rocks were shaped by water.

This is a day for paddling.

Eagle Lake

Ticonderoga, NY

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