In September of 1868, chemist and mineralogist Professor Herring described Split Rock Mountain as containing “the largest deposit of Magnetic Ore in
Flat Rock is owned by the Paine Family and it is an extraordinary natural area of glaciated Potsdam sandstone rock. Almost all of the soil was removed
The Willsboro Iron Works of George Throop and Levi Higby began as the old Anchorshop in 1802, fabricating anchors for large ships. A blast furnace,
This small monument is a memorial to Canadian Lt. Col. Gerald W. Birks (1872‐1950) who often visited Valcour Island on his yacht, the Nomad, which was
This is what remains of the mill built originally in 1810, and then again in 1843 following a fire. It received its name for the speedy reconstruction
This was the location of the Sisco Blast Furnace, which produced pig iron, bars of pure iron used in manufacturing. This area is now owned and
All of Port Kent is in a Historic District. It was settled as a planned community meant to be much like its across-the-lake neighbor, Burlington,
Long before the Revolution, the British and the French both claimed Crown Point in the struggle for a North American empire. Four failed campaigns to
Also called Point au Clair for Joseph au Clair, a refugee who lived here in the 1700s. On this point is an old graveyard called the Wiley’s Burying
