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Burton Island is a 253-acre island off the southwestern tip of St. Albans Point in Lake Champlain's "inland sea."
Once used primarily for grazing livestock, the island's agrarian past is found in weathered fence posts, stone piles and rusted farm implements.
The state of Vermont refused to build a causeway to the island in the 1960s to preserve the island's unique beauty and isolation. Instead, the state built a small marina to accommodate campers' boats.
Today, ferry service for campers and bicyclists — not cars — is available from Kill Kare State Park.
Burton Island State Park has 17 tent sites and 26 lean-to sites, as well as 15 boat moorings and a 100-slip marina with dockside electricity and fuel service.
Restrooms on the island have running water and hot showers. There are three miles of shoreline, hiking trails, a nature center/museum, a park store, food service, rowboat and canoe rentals, picnic facilities and swimming beaches.
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Secluded Burton Island is accessible only by boat.
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