Port Kent, New York
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Essex County, New York
Essex County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Its county seat is Elizabethtown...
, on Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States but partially situated across the Canada—United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec.The New York portion of the Champlain Valley includes the eastern portions of...
. Ferry service to Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
is provided by the Lake Champlain Transportation Company
Lake Champlain Transportation Company
The Lake Champlain Transportation Company provides car and passenger ferry service at four points on Lake Champlain in the United States. From 1976 to 2003, it was owned by Burlington, Vermont, businessman Raymond C. Pecor, Jr. who is Chairman of the company's board...
; the community also has an Amtrak
Port Kent (Amtrak station)
Port Kent is a train station in Port Kent in Essex County, New York served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Port Kent Station is an opened platformed shelter. The train only stops at this station when the Port Kent-Burlington, Vermont Ferry is in operation from May to October...
railroad stop.
Port Kent is the home of the Elkanah Watson House
Elkanah Watson House
Elkanah Watson House is a National Historic Landmark located in Port Kent, New York. It is a formal home overlooking Lake Champlain that was designed by Sheldon & Merritt and constructed under the supervision of Charles Watson to be the home of his father, Elkanah Watson, Revolutionary-era...
, a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
. Its Zip Code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
is 12975.
External links
- http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1465
http://www.portkent.org/