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Champlain (LAKE a picturesque body)

LAKE, a picturesque body of water occupying a basin between the Green and Adirondack mountains, on gained, under adverse circumstances, a most brilliant and thorough victory over the British fleet, near Plattsburg. This was one of the earliest substantial successes for the United States, in the War of 1812. The tercentenary of Lake Champlain's discovery was celebrated in 1909, French, British, and American representatives participating.