tom - vermont

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VERMONT

By Tom o sullivanVermont state flag Vermont state seal
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SOME PICTURES OF VERMONT. . .


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MAP OF VERMONT
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A Typical Vermont

colourful Scene...


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FACT FILEPopulation: 625,741

Size (by square miles): 9,620 (6th smallest state in the USA)

Capital: Montpelier

People from vermont : Vermonters

Percentage water: 4.1

Highest point: Mt. Mansfeild (summit is 4,395 ft high)

Lowest point: Lake Champlain (100 up to ft deep)

Motto: Freedom and unity

Nickname: The Green Mountain State

Bordering states: Massachussetes, New York and New Hampshire

largest river: Otter Creek

largest lake: Lake bomoseen

Biggest city: burlington

First european in vermont: jacues cartier


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STATE SYMBOLS

state abreviation: vt

State song: these green mountains

State bird: hermit thrush

state flower: red clover

State insect: western honey bee

State cold water fish: brook trout

State warm water fish: walleye

State tree: sugar maple


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A BRIEF HISTORY

Vermont was the 14th state to join The Union (in 1791)

It was the first state to join after the 13 original

colonies More than 34,000 Vermonters fought for the Union in the

American Civil War, Almost 15% were killed or injured,more than any other state

The first election in which women were allowed to votewas in 1880

The first governor was Thomas Chittenden Two US presidents were from vermont: calvin coolidge

and chester arthur


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TOURIST ATTRACTIONShelburne mueseum

Area: 45 acres

Location: burlington

Description: The shelburne mueseum has over one

hundred and fifty thousand works of Art and

americana. It is set like a village LIKE SETTING OF 39

MODERN AND OLD FASHIONE BUILDINGS, INCLUDING 18TH AND

19TH CENTURY BARNS, MEETING HOUSES SCHOOL HOUSES, A

LIGHTHOUSE, JAIL, GENERAL STORE, COVERED BRIDGEANDthetwo hundred and twenty two foot ticonderoga

STEAMBOat.


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SPORTS IN VERMONT 1 Basketball is the most popular sport in vermont. Ohter

popular sports are ice hockey, skiing and soccer

basketball: Vermont catamounts

The university of vermont or in latin universitas viridis montis (uvm) is

in burlington, vermont. their sports teams are all called the

catamounts. any of all the different cats are its mascot. uvm are one

of the only two schools in vermont with such unique mascots.

Themens basketball team beat syracuse university in the first round

of the 2005 ncaa (national collagiate athletic association) getting

their first win in three consecutive trips to the event.

ICE HOCKEY

coached by kevin sneddon the mens were in the 2009 mens froZen four.

THEY ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE NCAA tournament in 1996, 1997 and 2010.
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SPORTS IN VERMONT 2Baseball:

after the 2009 season vermonts baseball was stopped along

with softball as part of budget cuts.

Skiing:

uvm has won 6 national championships (80, 89, 90, 92, 94, 2012)

Soccer:

the mens soccer team qualified for the ncaa 2007 tournament

beating dartmouth in the first round of on penaltys they then

went to the East regional final and lost 2 1 to the rutgers


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LAKES OF VERMONT

There are 66 lakes in vermont here. is half of them (on the next page)

(in a really small font). The three largest lakes in vermont in

order according to amount of water are lake bomoseen, seymour

lake and Memphremagog. The deepest lake in vermont is lake

willoughby which is has a maximum depth of 304 feet (94 metres)

Lake willoughby


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LIST OF LAKES IN VERMONT

1. Lake carmi 12. joes pond 23. grout pond

2. Cedar lake 13. metcalf pond 24. lake horotonia

3. Lake champlain 14. lake morey 25. lowell lake

4. Crystals lake 15. lake salem 26. north springfield reservoir

5. Daniels pond 16. shadow lake concord 27. lake pauline

6. Echo lake - charleston 17. sunset lake - brookland 28. plymoth lake woodward

7. Lake elmor 18. WATERBURY RESERVOIR 29. lake raponda

8. fern lake 19. LAKE WILLOUGHBY 30. lake shaftsbury

9. Green river reservoir 20. lake amherst 31. lake saint catherine

10. Holland pond 21. lake bomoseen 32. Sunset Lake Benson

11. Lake iroquis 22. echo lake plymouth 33. Townshend Reservoir


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ME IN VERMONT, 2008!

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QUIZ

1. What is the state tree ?

2. What is the capital of vermont ?

3. How much percent of vermont is water ?

4. Whats the deepest lake in vermont ?

5. Who was the 1st european in vermont ?

6. What is the Biggest city in vermont ?

7. What states border vermont ?

8. Name three lakes in vermont ?


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ANSWERS

1. Sugar Maple

2. Montpelier

3. 4.1

4. Lake willoughby

5. Jacues cartier

6. Burlington

7. New york, massachusetts and mew hampshire

8. Any of the 33 lakes on slide 11


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CONCLUSION

I learned a lot about vermont in this project and i put

loads and loads of work into it so i hope you liked it!

tom - vermont

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