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CHIMNEY POINT STATE HISTORIC SITE
For more than 7,500 years, the jutting shoreline known as Chimney Point has been a strategic settlement for peoples occupying the Champlain Valley.
 

Chimney Point on Lake Champlain in Vermont is one of the earliest, mostly intensely settled, and most strategic sites in the Champlain Valley, with human habitation going back as far as 7,500 years.

Joseph Bruchac with drum
Joseph Bruchac
and visitors
Exhibits and special events present the story of the three early cultures in the Chimney Point area — Native American, French colonial, and early American. These little known facets of Vermont history are presented through archaeological artifacts left behind, contemporary arts and traditions kept alive by their descendants, and the historic building and spectacular setting on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain.

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NEW EXHIBIT
The Lake Champlain Bridge: Gateway to Vermont
This exhibit focuses on the most dramatic vehicular gateway to Vermont, the great bridge in Chimney Point’s dooryard, its construction in 1929, and historic and engineering significance. The exhibit includes children’s activities and bridge photos. Open May 24 through October 13, Wednesday through Sunday.

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Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain from
Chimney Point State Historic Site
HOURS
    Open late May through mid-October
    Wednesday through Sunday
    9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADMISSION
Adult $3.00
Children 14 and under, free
Group (ten or more), reservation required $2.00 each
NEARBY AMENITIES
HOW TO GET HERE

mapChimney Point State Historic Site
7305 VT Route 125
Addison, VT 05491

From Northern and Eastern Vermont — take Route 7 south to Route 22A, then proceed on to Route 17 west and take the left turn immediately before the Lake Champlain Bridge.

From Southern Vermont — take Route 30 or Route 22A north to Route 125 west, then take the left turn immediately before the Lake Champlain Bridge.

From New York State — cross the Lake Champlain Bridge, 4 miles east of Route 9N and 22, and take the first right turn immediately after crossing the bridge.

HOW TO CONTACT US

Phone: (802) 759-2412
Email: ChimneyPoint@HistoricVermont.org
Or write: Site Administrator
Chimney Point State Historic Site
7305 VT Route 125
Addison, VT 05491
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