Champlain Valley

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A north-south running valley surrounding Lake Champlain, in upstate New York State, Vermont and southern Quebec, spanning the United States and Canada, mostly lying within the U.S.; separating the Adirondacks from the Green Mountains and Appalachians.

Origin

• Champlain + valley.
• Named after the lake, and thence after Samuel de Champlain, French explorer. From French Champlain.