What is Lake Champlain?
{{Infobox lake |lake_name = Lake Champlain<br>Lac Champlain |image_lake = Lake Champlain.jpg |caption_lake = Lake Champlain near Burlington during sunset |image_bathymetry = |caption_bathymetry = |location = [[New York (state)|New York]] / [[Vermont]] in [[USA]]; and [[Quebec]] in [[Canada]] |coords = {{Coord|44|32|N|73|20|W|type:waterbody_scale:1000000|display=inline,title}} |type = |inflow = [[Otter Creek (Vermont)|Otter Creek]], [[Winooski River]], [[Missisquoi River]], [[Poultney River]], [[Lamoille River]], [[Ausable River (New York)|Ausable River]], [[Chazy River]], [[Boquet River]], [[Saranac River]], [[La Chute River]] |outflow = [[Richelieu River]] |catchment = {{convert|21326|km2|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |basin_countries = Canada, United States |length = {{convert|201|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |width = {{convert|23|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |area = {{convert|1269|km2|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |depth = {{convert|19.5|m|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |max-depth = {{convert|122|m|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |volume = {{convert|25.8|km3|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |residence_time = 3.3 years |shore = {{convert|945|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}} |elevation = {{convert|95|to|100|ft|abbr=on}} |islands = 80 ([[Grand Isle, Vermont|Grand Isle]], [[North Hero, Vermont|North Hero]], [[Isle La Motte, Vermont|Isle La Motte]], ''[[#Islands|see list]]'') |cities = [[Burlington, Vermont]]; [[Plattsburgh, New York]] }} '''Lake Champlain''' is a natural [[freshwater]] [[lake]] in [[North America]] along the borders of [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Vermont]] and partially across the [[United States]]-[[Canada]] border in the [[province]] of [[Quebec]]. The lake was named for the [[France|French]] [[explorer]] [[Samuel de Champlain]], who came there in [[1609]]. ==A region of large freshwater lakes== Lake Champlain is one of a large number of large lakes spread in an [[arc]] from [[Labrador, Canada|Labrador]] through the [[north]]ern [[United States]] and into the [[Northwest Territories]] of Canada. Although it is much smaller than the [[Great