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FORESTS, PARKS & RECREATION VERMONT North Franklin, Vermont AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES 3 150 151 Park office Parking 152 153 0 Prime campsite Picnic area 154 155 0 Swimming area 156 Campsite Lake Carmi 157 Prime lean-to Boat launch Lean-to Trailhead 7

Cabin Nature Center Restrooms Playground Showers ($) Horseshoe pit

10 Drinking water Volleyball 8 3 2 1 11 V Wheelchair accessible 12 9 14 13 1 6 Trash/Recycling center 15 V 25 Service 17 20 Area 16 19 24 RV Sanitary Station 22 (no public 26 18 28 access) V Volunteer Site Traffic direction AREA “A” 27 29 31 A 71 70 69 LARCH 37 35 33 72 68 AREA “B” POPLAR 73 67 PINE 74 JUNIPER 38 34 32 SPRUCE B 76 75 65 105 ASH 41 OAK 104 2 78 64 102 77 4 ELM 80 BALSAM 40 79 61 103 101 42 82 140 106 ASPEN FIR 143 142 141 107 99 45 43 81 60 62 HICKORY 100 59 SECURITY GATE VERMONT 139 108 84 83 MAPLE 138 97 BEECH 57 REGISTERED CAMPERS & to CEDAR 98 46 86 58 236 47 48 GUESTS ONLY BEYOND APPLE 136 137 50 85 144 109 CHERRY 56 THIS POINT VERMONT 126 6 96 LOCUST 134 5 95 BIRCH 55 135 111 54 105 110 94 51 52 53 127 V 132 93 HEMLOCK ALDER HAZELNUT 133 112 125 113 92 121 131 91 HAWTHORN DOGWOOD 124 115 114 WILLOW 90 122 119 89 CHESTNUT 117 116 WALNUT 120 128 this map is intended for 129 118 130 informational purposes only HORNBEAM TAMARACK MULBERRY BUTTERNUT SYCAMORE 0 100 200 400 600 BOXELDER SHADBLOWSUMAC ephelps-rev. 03/2021 feet Lake Carmi State Park Lake Carmi State Park Amenities • 140 campsites • 35 lean-tos Welcome to Lake Carmi. With a 1375-acre surface • 2 cabins Lake Carmi area, Carmi is the fourth largest natural lake • Beach picnic area entirely within Vermont. It is 7.5 miles around, • Nature center and programs averaging about 20 feet in depth, and is 33 feet at State Park its deepest point. The lake supports northern pike, Recreating and Sightseeing in the Area walleyes, and other warm water species. The lake Franklin drains north into Quebec’s Pike River, then into • Town Museum (open Sundays 3 to 5 p.m.) Map & Guide Lake Champlain. St. Albans • Kill Kare State Park • Lake Carmi was once much larger. In the thousands • Franklin County Historical Society of years since the last ice age, the southern end Swanton of the original lake has silted in, creating wetland • Missisquoi forests and the third largest peat bog in Vermont. • Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail

Most of the 140-acre bog lies within Lake Carmi For more information, contact State Park and is a designated State Natural Lake Carmi State Park Area. Natural Areas have been set aside for 460 Marsh Farm Road the preservation and protection of their unique Enosburg Falls, VT 05450 ecological, geological, or scenic and contemplative (802) 933-8383 (Operating Season) or values. The road to Camping Area “B” cuts through VT State Parks Reservation Center the bog and is the northern boundary of the Natural (888) 409-7579 M-F 9 AM-4 PM Area. The high ground on which Camping Area www.vtstateparks.com “B” is built would be an island if not for the bog.

The Lake Carmi Bog is characterized by spindly black spruce trees, with lesser numbers of tamarack trees. Shrubs, especially mountain holly, form a thick and nearly impenetrable understory. The ground plants includes pitcher plants, sedges, sphagnum mosses and other typical bog plants. This black spruce-tamarack bog is largely Memorial Day Weekend- undisturbed and is unusual in Vermont for its size. Indigenous People’s Day

The state park includes over two miles of frontage Swimming on the south and east shore of Lake Carmi. Most Picnicking of the 482-acres were purchased in 1959. The park To request this publication in Braille or Boating was developed in stages through the 1960’s. Some alternate visual format, please contact Camping of the land is under agricultural license so the open [email protected] Cabin Rentals VT TDD Relay Dial 7-1-1 fields are maintained by farming activity. Printed on recycled paper Interpretive Programs 01-09 - CAW