7 mi. S of Plattsburgh on the W shore of Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, New York. County/parish: Clinton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000508.
1 contributing site.
Valcour Bay is actually a strait or sound, located between Valcour Island and the west side of Lake Champlain, four miles south of Plattsburgh, New York. It was the site of the Battle of Valcour Island during the American Revolutionary War. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961 because of this association. Valcour Bay is located in the Towns of Peru and Plattsburgh, both in Clinton County, New York.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315669