Northeast Kingdom
and
Island Pond, Vermont

Canoeing and Kayaking

Canoeing and Kayaking in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont is second to no where else. Make your way toward Lake Memphremagog on the famous Clyde River and paddle where Rogers Rangers once traveled these waters on their journeys. Take the Nulhegan River and make your way to the Connecticut River and see many species of wildlife along the way including moose, deer and bear. Watch beavers hard at work in an area that was once clear of any standing trees just a few years past. Canoe or Kayak in one of the areas many ponds, lakes, streams and brooks, including some that Rum Runners used many years ago. Paddle through our areas best kept secret fishing and swimming holes, maybe even you can catch "The Big One". Enjoy a leisure day padding around Lake Island Pond, Norton Pond, Spectacle Pond and others, than the make your way to the Averill's. Great Averill Pond offers some of the best fishing in the area, and Little Averill Pond is just a short distance away. If you like to take to the backwoods enjoy some of our ponds and streams that once were used by the lumber companies to send fresh cut timber down to the Connecticut River and beyond. Some of these ponds and streams include the following:

Lewis Pond
Unknown Pond
Mud pond
Forest Lake
Nulhegan Pond
South American Pond
Mile Pond
McConnell Pond

Some of our other area Lakes, Ponds and Streams that you should also paddle are the following:

Seymour Lake
Echo Lake
Lake Willoughby
Derby Lake
Lake Salem
Charleston Pond
Toad Pond
Pensioner Pond
Crystal Lake

Least we forget the  "Northern Forest Canoe Trail" which is a 740-mile water trail that follows Native American travel routes from Old Forge, New York, across Vermont, Québec and New Hampshire, to Fort Kent, Maine. In addition to being a paddling route, the Trail celebrates the history of the Northern Forest. Paddlers will be able to explore both the natural beauty of the rivers and lakes as well as the communities through which the trail passes.

Come and explore the Northeast Kingdom
New England's, Final Frontier