Monument 643A
Monument 643A is a geographical marker in Town of Alburgh, Grand Isle County, Vermont. Monument 643A is situated nearby to Montgomery Island, as well as near the village Alburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Montgomery and Rouses Point Bridge.
Fort Montgomery
Fort
Photo: Mfwills, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Montgomery on Lake Champlain is the second of two United States forts built at the northernmost point of the United States part of the lake: a first, unnamed fort had been built on the same site in 1816 but had been disassembled after engineers realised they were technically building on Canadian territory. Fort Montgomery is situated 1½ miles west of Monument 643A.
Rouses Point Bridge
Bridge
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The Rouses Point Bridge carries U.S. Route 2 across Lake Champlain at the point where the Richelieu River begins its trek north to the St. Lawrence Seaway. Rouses Point Bridge is situated 1½ miles southwest of Monument 643A.
Windmill Point Light
Lighthouse
The Windmill Point Light in Vermont is the northernmost lighthouse on Lake Champlain. Extinguished for seventy years, it was reactivated in 2002 to replace the skeleton tower erected next to it. Windmill Point Light is situated 2½ miles southwest of Monument 643A.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Champlain and Rouses Point and Alburgh.
Champlain and Rouses Point
Photo: RoyalbroilAlt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Champlain and Rouses Point are a pair of adjacent villages in Northern New York on the U.S.-Canada border. The villages, 20 miles north of Plattsburgh and 40 miles south of Montreal, are the northernmost in the state of New York.
Alburgh
Village
Photo: RoyalbroilAlt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alburgh is a village within the town of the same name in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States. The population was 571 at the 2020 census. The town's name came from the person primarily responsible for chartering the community, Ira Allen. Alburgh is situated 2½ miles south of Monument 643A.
Noyan
Village
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Noyan is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, located in Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,418. Noyan is situated 4 miles north of Monument 643A.
Monument 643A
- Type: Geographical marker
- Category: historic site
- Location: Town of Alburgh, Grand Isle County, Northwest Vermont, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.0112° or 45° 0′ 40″ northLongitude
-73.31691° or 73° 19′ 1″ westInception
1907Operator
International Boundary CommissionOpen location code
87Q82M6M+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1218391447OpenStreetMap feature
historic=boundary_stoneOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_point
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In Other Languages
“Monument 643A” goes by many names.
- French: “Borne frontière 643A”
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Highlights include Montgomery Island and Quai Richelieu.
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