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Lac Memphrémagog

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Tiffany McQueen, winter swimming in Lake Memphremagog in Vermont
2nd annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in 31.5ºF (-0.2ºC) water. Photo courtesy of Phil White
Sarah Thomas in Lake Memphremagog
In Search of Memphre in Lake Memphremagog (Lac Memphrémagog in French) on the Canadian side
Lake Memphremagog at night, photo courtesay of Dr. Jim Miller of FINA
Kristin Jones winning the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Association World 10-mile Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. Photo courtesy of Phil White of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association
Feodor Orlov after finishing the WOWSA World 10-mile Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog in Vermont. Photo courtesy of Phil White of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association
The Clubhous, headquarters for NEKOWSA on the shores of Lake Memphremagog in the state of Vermont

Lac Memphrémagog in Quebec, Canada (or Lake Memphremagog in Vermont, U.S.A.) is a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada.

The lake is 27 miles (43 km) long with 73 percent of the lake's surface area in Quebec, where it drains into the Magog River. However, three-quarters of its watershed, 489 square miles (1,270 km2), is in Vermont. The total is 687 square miles (1,780 km2), with 198 square miles (510 km2) located in Quebec. In Vermont, the lake lies in parts of the towns of Derby and Newport, in addition to the city of Newport, all in Orleans County. In Quebec, the lake lies in parts of Austin, Magog, Ogden, Potton, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, and Stanstead Township, all in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality.

The lake elevation is 682 feet (208 m) and its maximum recorded depth is 285 feet (87 m) located near the international divide. The lake is the third deepest in Vermont. It contains 20 islands including Province Island, the largest which is divided by the international border, Black Island, Bell Island, and Cove Island.

Origin

The name Memphremagog is derived from Algonkian, in which it means "where there is a big expanse of water".

Open Water Swimming

Memphremagog is site of La Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog, a professional and amateur swimming extravaganza in Magog, Quebec, Canada that is part of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix series, In Search of Memphre, an international amateur marathon swim between Newport, Vermont, U.S.A. and Magog, Quebec, Canada, and the World Open Water Swimming Association-sanctioned Kingdom Swim, the World 10-mile Swimming Championships, and the Son of a Swim. The La Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims.

Lac Memphrémagog is also part of the Triple Crown of Lake Monster Swims.

Winter Swimming

The U.S. Winter Swimming Association will hold its first Winter Swimming Championship in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont on 14 February 2015 in conjunction with the Kingdom Games and the International Winter Swimming Association. The events will be 25m, 50m and 100m in length in a 2-lane 25m pool carved out of Lake Memphremagog.

Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival

Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog

The Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog is a multi-race amateur open water swimming and professional marathon swimming that is part of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix, a professional marathon swimming circuit. It is held in Lac Memphrémagog that borders the state of Vermont and Québec, Canada. Under the management of Endurance Aventure, la Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog offers the following events:

History

19-year-old William Francis O'Connor was the first person to complete a crossing of lac Memphrémagog. His swim on 21 August 1955 took 18 hours 35 minutes, swimming from south to north despite a storm that hit near midnight that caused him to take refuge near the side of the lake. O'Connor's swim was the inspiration for the Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog, a professional marathon swim started in 1979, a distance of 42 km between Prouty Beach, Newport (USA) and Pointe Merry in Magog, Quebec, Canada.

Crypotozoology

The lake is also the alleged inhabitance of Memphre, a cryptid possibly related to the Loch Ness Monster that inhabits Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. The two famous cyptids are similar to other cryptozoological lake monsters elsewhere in the world. It is understood by believers that Memphre represents a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs.

The Island Pond Swim is a 3-mile open water swimming competition in Lake Memphremagog from Brighton State Park Beach around The Island in the state of Vermont. The event is part of the Swim The Kingdom event organized by Phil White of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association (NEKOWSA).

Swim the Kingdom

The Memphremagog Swim is a 4-mile open water swim in Derby, around Black, Belle, and Cove Islands in Lake Memphremagog. The race is part of the Swim The Kingdom event that consists of 7 open water swims in 9 days held in Lake Memphremagog:

August 10th: Crystal Swim, a 4-mile open water swim under the cliffs and around the shores
August 11th: Island Pond Swim, 3-mile open water swim from Brighton State Park Beach around The Island
August 13th: Seymour Swim, a 3.5-mile open water swimming double loop
August 14th: Massawippi, a 4-mile open water swim starting and ending at Ayres Cliff, Quebec
August 15th: Memphremagog, a 4-mile open water swim in Derby, around Black, Belle, and Cove Islands
August 17th: Willoughby Swim, a 5-mile majestic open water swim
August 18th: Caspian Swim, a 3-mile open water swim to Bathtub Rock and back or 1.5 miles to The Rock

2015 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup Series

1st race - 7 February - La Patagones Viedma (Argentina), part of Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim
2nd race - 13 March - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3rd race - 18 April - New Caledonia, France
4th race - 2 May - Cancún (Mexico)
5th race - 20 June - Balatonfured, Hungary
6th race - 27 June - Setúbal Bay (Portugal)
7th race - 23 July - Lac St-Jean (Canada), part of the Traversée international du Lac St-Jean
8th race - 31 July - Lac Magog (Canada), part of the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog
9th race - 8 August - Lac Mégantic (Canada), part of the Traversée international du Lac Mégantic
10th race - 12 October - Chun'an (China)
11th race - 17 October - Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Synomym

Mighty Memphremagog

External links

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