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Encyclopedia Britannica



COLCHESTER

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 661 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CLI-COM
COLCHESTER , a township of Chittenden county,
Vermont
 , U.S.A., on Lake Champlain, immediately N.E. of Burlington, from which it is separated by the Winooski river. Pop. (1900) 5352; (1910) 6450. It is served by the Central
Vermont
  railway. The surface is generally gently
rolling
 , and in places along the banks of the Winooski or Onion river, the shore of the lake, and in the valleys, it is very picturesque. At Mallett's Bay, an arm of Lake Champlain, 2 M. long and 12 m. wide, severallarge private schools hold summer sessions. 'hie soil is varied, much of it being good meadow land or well adapted to the growing of
grain
  and fruit. The township has two villages: Colchester Centre, a small, quiet
settlement
 , and Winooski (pop. in 1900, 3783) on the Winooski river. This stream furnishes good water power, and the
village
  has manufactories of
cotton
  and woollen goods, lumber, woodenware, gold and silver plated
ware
 , carriages, wagons and screens. Within the town-ship there is a United States military reservation, Fort Ethan Allen. The
village
  was founded in 1772 by Ira Allen and for many years it was known as " Allen's
Settlement
  "; but later it was called Winooski Falls, and in 1866 it was incorporated as the Village of Winooski.


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