Lake Willoughby in Autumn
by Catherine Sherman
Title
Lake Willoughby in Autumn
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Lake Willoughby, Vermont, in Autumn" by Catherine Sherman.
"I see it's a fair, pretty sheet of water,
Our Willoughby! How did you hear of it?
I expect, though, everyone's heard of it."
Robert Frost, 1925, "A Servant to Servants" poem.
Lake Willoughby is a lake in the town of Westmore in Orleans County in the northeast section of Vermont, United States.
The lake's southern end is surrounded by the Willoughby State Forest, which includes Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, and Bartlett Mountain (Vermont).
The lake is about 5 miles (8.0 km) long. In 2010, Yankee magazine named Willoughby as the third best lake in New England.
The 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 was 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 resembles a Norwegian 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 chub, common shiner, and round whitefish which is a native species of extremely limited distribution in Vermont.
The sheer cliffs of Mount Pisgah and Mount Hor provide an environment conducive 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, warblers, hummingbirds, jays, finches, loons, herons and gulls.
Featured in "Images That Excite You" group (01/05/2017); "Philanthropic Artists for a Cause" group (01/09/2017); "The 200 Club - Best Photos With Over 200 Views Up To 500" group (01/12/2017); "Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife - One A Day" group (10/24/2017); "ABC Group" (03/14/2017); "500 And Beyond Fine Art" group (04/07/2017); "Glimpses of Autumn" group (10/05/2017)
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January 4th, 2017
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Comments (11)
Ann Horn
Congrats on reaching 500 views and graduating from the 200 Club, Catherine. This is an absolutely gorgeous landscape! f/l
Hanne Lore Koehler
Fantastic capture of this amazing autumn beauty, Catherine! Wonderful waves of sunlight and shadows over this spectacular terrain! L/F/T/G+
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations! This lovely work is featured on the home page of The 200 Club, a rising star group in which only a select few are featured. It is my pleasure to feature desirable art work like this. Kudos on your well-deserved feature in our high activity group and elsewhere and on your hundreds of views. Please archive it in the appropriate group discussion threads.
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