Seymour Lake is a spring-fed lake located in

Morgan, Vermont Morgan is the easternmost town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 638 at the 2020 census. The town contains two villages: Morgan and Morgan Center. History The town was named for John Morgan, a landholder. The first s ...

, which is located in the

Northeast Kingdom The Northeast Kingdom (also, locally, "The Kingdom" and abbreviated NEK) is the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Vermont, approximately comprising Essex County, Vermont, Essex, Orleans County, Vermont, Orleans and Caledonia County, Vermont, ...

of Vermont. The lake is on a tributary of the Clyde River in

Orleans County, Vermont Orleans County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,393. Its county seat is the city of Newport. The county was created in 1792 and organized in 1799. As in t ...

. The lake, which was completed in 1928, is 2.8 square miles and the surface area is . The elevation is 1280.5 feet. The closest major airport is located in

Burlington, Vermont Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located south of the Canada–United States border and south of Montreal. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 44,743. It ...

, located approximately 101 miles away.

Environment

Historically the lake had a population of

Rainbow smelt The rainbow smelt (''Osmerus mordax'') is a North American species of fish of the family Osmeridae. Walleye, trout, and other larger fish prey on these smelt. The rainbow smelt prefer juvenile ciscoes, zooplankton such as calanoid copepods ('' L ...

, which is absent as of 2021. Phosphorus levels had been increasing in the lake, but are now kept stable.

References

* * {{authority control Lakes of Vermont Lakes of Orleans County, Vermont