The Champlain Valley National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area[1] encompassing eleven counties in New York and Vermont surrounding Lake Champlain.
[2] The region was a strategic corridor between the Hudson Valley of the United States and the Richelieu Valley of Quebec during the American Revolution in the late 18th century, and saw considerable military action during the War of 1812.
During the American Civil War the valley was a part of the Underground Railroad network.
[3] The National Heritage Area encompasses Clinton, Essex, Warren, Saratoga and Washington counties in New York, and Bennington, Rutland, Addison, Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties in Vermont.
[4] It is administered by the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership.