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Foresight In general I have never in my life seen anything which approaches in beauty the borders of Lake Champlain, although they are uninhabited. On the east side of the lake there is a very fine plain, ten leagues in width. The lake is many miles at some places and sometimes a great deal less. We can see fifteen leagues along the length of the lake. If this section is ever inhabited, it will be the finest in the world. The best lands are sold for fifteen to eighteen francs per acre. I would not hesitate to purchase if I was not afraid that in the first war with the English the inhabitants of Lake Champlain would be the first victims. Peter Sailly, 1785.
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