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Isle La Motte is an island in Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont, United States. It is the most remote and northern of the Champlain Islands. It is . It lies close to where the lake empties into the Richelieu River. It is incorporated as a New England town in Grand Isle County. The island is named after French soldier Pierre La Motte who built a military outpost on the island in 1666. Today the island has about 500 residents. The population swells many times over in the summer months. The island is the site of Fort Sainte Anne, Saint Anne's Shrine, the Methodist Episcopal Church of Isle La Motte, the Fisk Quarry and Goodsell Ridge Preserves,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ilmpt.org/ilmpt/Welcome_to_Isle_La_Motte_Preservation_Trust.html )〕 the Isle La Motte Elementary School,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gisu.org/islelamotte/ )〕 and the Isle La Motte Lighthouse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=669 )〕 ==History== On 9 July 1609, Samuel de Champlain debarked on the island. In 1665 the French began building a series of forts along the Richelieu River to protect New France from the Iroquois. From north to south these were Fort Richelieu, Fort Chambly, and Fort Sainte Thérèse. Four companies of the Carignan-Salières Regiment were sent from Québec to extend these forts further south, under Captain Pierre La Motte. They built a trail connecting Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=French-Canadian Exploration, Missionary Work, and Fur Trading in Hudson Bay, the Great Lakes, ... )〕 In 1666 Fort Saint-Jean, and the furthest south Fort Sainte Anne, on Isle La Motte were added. The fort included Saint Anne's Shrine. Both the fort and chapel were dedicated to Sainte Anne. In 1668, the bishop of Quebec, François de Laval, came to Isle La Motte to baptise a number of Iroqouis to Christianity. Even after the abandonment of the fort, the shrine continued to give mass to worshipers. The fort was the first European settlement in what is now Vermont. Fort St. Anne was the one most vulnerable to attack. The fort was garrisoned by about 300 French soldiers over the next four years, after which the troops were pulled back to Québec, destroying the fort before they left. In the mid 1800s orchards, vineyards and dairy farms flourished on the island, which was then connected to the mainland by ferry during the warmer months and by foot or wagon over the ice in winter. In 1878 the town was incorporated for the sole purpose of building a bridge to Alburgh. The bridge was completed in 1882.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://islelamotte.us/ )〕 Fisk Farm was the site where Vermont Fish and Game League was addressed in August 1897 by President William McKinley and in September 1901 by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt when he learned of the eventually fatal shooting of President William McKinley. Until around 1970, the island was on the main route from New England to Montreal via Route 2 until traffic was rerouted via the Interstate 89. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isle La Motte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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