Английская Википедия:Big Falls of the Missisquoi Natural Area

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Шаблон:Short description Big Falls of the Missisquoi Natural Area is an Orleans County, Vermont recreation area for swimming, fishing, and sight-seeing. The area also has a lot of old-growth hemlock plants and pine trees. Currently an undeveloped site near the small rural town of Troy, the falls is composed of Шаблон:Convert on both sides of the Missisquoi River, Шаблон:Convert of which is frontage. Classified as a Vermont Natural Area protected site, the area is managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation.[1]

Originating from its headwaters in Lowell, the falls have an estimated Шаблон:Convert drop. The somewhat isolated acreage has always been a popular picnic and recreation spot for local residents. In the 1950s, the water rights were held by an out-of-state entity, when purchased by the Vermont Citizens Utilities Company, following an assessment by the United States Army Corps of Engineers that the falls held potential as a substantive source of output from an on-site hydroelectric plant.[2] The area was subsequently deeded back to the state in 1996 after the utilities company abandoned its plans.[3]

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