Isle La Motte, Vermont
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The Head at the south end of Isle La Motte
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 Location in Grand Isle County and the state of Vermont |
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 Isle La Motte, Vermont
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| Coordinates: 44°51′59″N 73°19′51″W / 44.86639°N 73.33083°WCoordinates: 44°51′59″N 73°19′51″W / 44.86639°N 73.33083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| County | Grand Isle |
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| • Total | 16.7 sq mi (43.2 km2) |
| • Land | 7.9 sq mi (20.4 km2) |
| • Water | 8.8 sq mi (22.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 95 ft (29 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 471 |
| • Density | 60/sq mi (23.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 05463 |
| Area code(s) | 802 |
| FIPS code | 50-35875 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1457978 |
| Website | islelamotte |
Isle La Motte is an island in Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont, United States. It is the most remote and northern of the Champlain Islands. It is 7 by 2 miles (11.3 by 3.2 km). It lies close to where the lake empties into the Richelieu River. It is incorporated as a New England town in Grand Isle County. The population was 471 at the 2010 census.
The island is named after French soldier Pierre La Motte who built a military outpost on the island in 1666. The island population swells many times over in the summer months. The island is the site of Fort Sainte Anne, Saint Anne's Shrine, the Methodist Episcopal Church of Isle La Motte, the Fisk Quarry and Goodsell Ridge Preserves, the Isle La Motte Elementary School, and the Isle La Motte Lighthouse.
On 9 July 1609, Samuel de Champlain debarked on the island.
In 1665 the French began building a series of forts along the Richelieu River to protect New France from the Iroquois. From north to south these were Fort Richelieu, Fort Chambly, and Fort Sainte Thérèse.
Four companies of the Carignan-Salières Regiment were sent from Québec to extend these forts further south, under Captain Pierre La Motte. They built a trail connecting Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly).
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