Photos: The joys of Lake Champlain

A lighthouse on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vt. (Michaela Urban/For Tribune Newspapers)

Chicago Tribune

April 29, 2015 12:47 PM PT

From geology to hiking to wine to the latest in farm-to-table offerings, the Lake Champlain region of Vermont and New York brims with pleasures on the water and off.

The Ausable Chasm south of Plattsburgh, N.Y., was carved by the Ausable River over a period of 500 million years. (Michaela Urban/For Tribune Newspapers)

Burlington, Vt., is a great place to go ashore from Lake Champlain. The town is loaded with cozy cafes, hip bars, farmer’s markets and farm-to-table restaurants. (Michaela Urban/For Tribune Newspapers)

Hall Home Place produces cider on Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain. (Michaela Urban/For Tribune Newspapers)

North Hero House Inn & Restaurant is one of the oldest inns on North Hero Island in Lake Champlain, dating to 1891. (Michaela Urban/For Tribune Newspapers)