Carleton's Prize viewed from South Hero

Carleton's Prize is a small rock island in Vermont on Lake Champlain between Providence and Stave Island, in Crescent Bay. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Lake Champlain (French lac Champlain) is a natural freshwater Lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States Supposedly, the name was received after the island was mistakenly fired on by the British ships commanded by Sir Guy Carleton in search of Benedict Arnold's escaping vessels in 1776 after the Battle of Valcour Island. Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester, KB ( Strabane, Co Tyrone Ireland September 3, 1722 &ndash November 10, 1808 Stubbings Benedict Arnold V ( – June 14, 1801) was a General during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Valcour Island is an Island in Lake Champlain in Clinton County New York, USA. Rust marks from fired cannon shot are still visible on the rock.