The Missisquoi River is a tributary of Lake Champlain, approximately 80 mi (130 km) long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada. It drains a rural area of the northern Green Mountains along the US-Canada border northwest of Lake Champlain, passing through no major population centers. The river is mostly within Vermont, skirting into Quebec for approximately 15 miles (24 km) in its upper couse. It rises in western Orleans County, Vermont southwest of Lowell near Belvidere Mountain, then flows north past Troy and North Troy before briefly entering Quebec, where it loops to the southwest to reenter Vermont in northeastern Franklin County. It flows west through northern Franklin County approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of the Canadian border, past the small communities of East Berkshire, Enosburg Falls, and Sheldon Springs. On the west side of Interstate 89 in northwestern Franklin County, it turns to the north, passing through Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in its lower 5 miles (8 km) before entering the south end of Missisquoi Bay, an arm of Lake Champlain that straddles the international border. Landsat photo Lake Champlain, named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who encountered it 1609, is a large lake in North America, mostly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in Quebec, Canada. ... State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas Official languages None Area 24,923 km² (45th) - Land 23,974 km² - Water 949 km² (3. ... ... The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont. ... Orleans County is a county located in the state of Vermont. ... Lowell, Vermont Lowell is a town located in Orleans County, Vermont. ... Troy, Vermont Troy is a town located in Orleans County, Vermont. ... North Troy is a village located in Orleans County, Vermont. ... Franklin County is a county located in the state of Vermont. ... Enosburg Falls is a village located in Franklin County, Vermont. ... Interstate 89 is an interstate highway in the New England portion of the United States. ... Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in the eastern shore of Lake Champlain in the U.S. state of Vermont. ...
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1943, is located on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain near the Canadian border in Franklin County, Vermont.
Missisquoi refuge is one link in a chain of refuges for migratory birds that extends along the Atlantic Flyway between northern breeding grounds and southern wintering areas.
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge was established on February 4, 1943, under the authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act for the protection of migratory birds.
The Richford Local Protection Project is located on the MissisquoiRiver in Richford, at the confluence of the North Branch and MissisquoiRiver.
Ice jams along this section of the MissisquoiRiver did not occur prior to 1950 when the Sweat and Comings Dam existed (The Sweat and Comings Company, a furniture manufacturing firm, used the dam for power generation and log transportation).
The MissisquoiRiver rises from mountain streams on the eastern slope of Belvidere Mountain in Lowell and flows northerly through Westfield and Troy before entering the province of Quebec.
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