Carte Joyeux anniversaire, lac Willoughby, Vermont, Autu

"Joyeux anniversaire, Lake Willoughby, Vermont, à Autumn" par Catherine Sherman. Lake Willoughby is a lake in the town of Westmore, dans le comté d'Orleans, dans la section nord du Vermont. La zone est called the Northeast Kingdom. Houses line the shoreline of Lake Willoughby. Many visitors spend the summer in these residences, enjoying the beautiful views. The area is especially lovely when the trees take on their Autumn colors. The lake's southern end is surrounded by the Willoughby State Forest, which y des Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, et Bartlett Mountain (Vermont). The lake, carved out by glaciers, is about 5 miles (8 km) long. En 2010, Yankee magazine renommed Willoughby as the troisième meilleur lake en Nouvelle-Angleterre. Le lake is known for its clarity and chilly temperature. Because of its depth, the surface of the lake freezes later than other lakes in the Northeast Kingdom. It created by glacial action and is over 300 feet (91 m) deep in places, making it the deepest lake entirely contained in the state. Lake Willoughby rescucucup a Norvège fjord. Willoughby, a National Natural Landmark, contains rainbow trout (wild and stocked), lake trout, landlocked Atlantic salmon (mainly stocked), rainbow smelt, burbot, yellow perch, longnose sucker, white sucker, lake b, common shiner, and round whitefish which is a native species of extremely limited distribution dans Vermont. The sheer cliffs of Mount Pisgah and Mount Hor provide an environment conducive cive for arctic and cliff-alpine plants, as well as ideal nesting areas for the rare peregrine falcon. More than 100 bird species have been recorded around the lake including thrushes, warbler, hummingbirds, jays, finches, loons, herons et gulls.