Four Brothers Islands – Lake Champlain Islands

The Four Brothers Islands is a cluster of islands in Lake Champlain just west of the Vermont border in a line between Willsboro Point, New York, and Shelburne Point, Vermont. The four islands are within several hundred feet of each other and total about 17 acres; they are individually identified as A, B, C and D.

 

 

Usage

Four Brothers High Peaks Audubon operates the Four Brothers Islands Preserve which is owned by the Nature Conservancy and managed by the High Peaks Chapter.

The primary features of the islands are their use as rookeries for double-crested cormorants, great blue herons, great and cattle egrets, black-crowned night-herons, glossy ibises, and ring-billed, herring, and great black-backed gulls, as well as a variety of geese and ducks.

 

 

History:

Originally named the Isles of the Four Winds by Samuel de Champlain. The Four Brothers Islands have always been a haven for shore birds and waterfowl, most recently cormorants. Now they’re an Audubon Society wildlife preserve. You must have a permit and be accompanied by a warden to land on the islands.