Notable events

Around 480 Million Years ago when the Chazy Formation

Chazy Formation

The Chazy Reef Formation is a mid-Ordovician limestone deposit that consists of some of the oldest reef systems built by a community of organisms rather than the deposit of a limited range of similar organisms, such as Stromatolite mounds deposited by ancient cyanobacteria...

 was flourishing, Strematoporoid

Stromatoporoidea

Stromatoporoidea is a class of aquatic invertebrates common in the fossil record from the Ordovician through the Cretaceous. They were especially abundant in the Silurian and Devonian. These invertebrates were important reef-formers throughout the Paleozoic and the Late Mesozoic. The group was...

 colonies were among the most common builders of the reef.
In 1609, Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....

 debarked on Isle La Motte July 9.

In 1666, Fort Sainte Anne, the first permanent European settlement, was established by the French.

In August 1897, President William McKinley

William McKinley

William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

 addressed the Vermont Fish and Game League at Fisk Farm.

In September 1901, Vice President

Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...

 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

 visited Isle La Motte to deliver an address to the Vermont Fish and Game League at Fisk Farm when he learned of the attempted assassination of President William McKinley.

In July 1909, Isle La Motte hosted the closing ceremonies of the Lake Champlain tercentenary celebration.

Vermont's first primitive Black Limestone

Noir Belge

Noir Belge is collective noun referring to black limestone found on several sites in Belgium. Some trade names refer more specifically to the quarry were the material was found, for example "Noir de Mazy" or "Noir de Golzinne"...

quarries was located in town. The oldest is found behind Fisk Farms. The Black Limestone is a unique sedimentary rock composed of mineral calcite, the fossilized remains of marine creatures, which are especially pronounced within the quarry's 40 feet (12.2 m) walls. This local limestone is so dark in appearance that it was originally marketed in the 18th and 19th century as Black Marble.

External links

• Isle La Motte Elementary School
• Isle La Motte Preservation Trust
• Isle La Motte Lighthouse
• Saint Anne's Shrine
• Welcome to Isle La Motte, address by Sen. Henry W. Hill, July 9, 1909.