Executive Order No. 29-4 (No. 63-81) [Transfer of a Portion of Chimney Point State Park Land and Premises From
Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to Agency of Development and Community
Affairs, Division for Historic Preservation]
WHEREAS, it appears that certain lands and premises located in the Town of Addison,
County of Addison, and State of Vermont owned by the State of Vermont, hereinafter
described and presently under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Forests,
Parks and Recreation have become and are no longer necessary for purposes of the Department
of Forests, Parks and Recreation; and
WHEREAS, the Agency of Development and Community Affairs, Division for Historic Preservation
desires the use of said land and premises for its purposes,
NOW THEREFORE, I, Richard A. Snelling, by virtue of the powers vested in me as Governor
of Vermont, do hereby transfer and set over from the Department of Forests, Parks
and Recreation to the jurisdiction and control of the Agency of Development and Community
Affairs, Division of Historic Preservation for its purposes, a portion of the Chimney
Point State Park land and premises described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the south corner of the land deeded by Millard F. Barnes and Mary H.
A. Barnes to the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission and Interstate Commission by Warranty
Deed dated September 5, 1928 and recorded in Volume 25 Page 120 of the Addison Land
Records.
Said point being the low water mark of Lake Champlain and easterly at right angles
45 feet from the centerline of the Lake Champlain Bridge crossing from Chimney Point
in Addison, Vermont to Crown Point, New York;
thence on a true bearing of N 29° 23′ E 980 feet to a concrete monument 45 feet at right angles from the centerline of the Lake Champlain bridge extended;
thence on a true bearing of N 12° 02′ W about 29 feet to the centerline of the highway which is Vermont Route #17;
thence easterly along the centerline of Vermont Route #17 309.5 feet to a point which bears N 40° E (magnetic 1981) 51.7 feet from a one inch iron pipe standing in an old wire fence;
thence S 40° W (magnetic 1981) 51.7 feet to said iron pipe;
thence continuing S 40° W across the meadow 519.04 feet to one inch iron pipe standing between the beach and the meadow;
thence continuing S 40° W across the beach at least 126 feet to the low water mark of Lake Champlain;
thence westerly along the low water mark of Lake Champlain to the place of beginning
containing 4.6 acres more or less.
Included in this conveyance is the old tavern building, barn, small house, sheds and
all other improvements.
Included herein is the right to use the land deeded to the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission
and Interstate Commission by Millard F. and Mary H. A. Barnes, September 5, 1928.
The conditions governing the use of this land are described in said deed as follows:
“The said Barnes and his successors and assigns (State of Vermont) shall have the
right to use said land for his or their convenience and to prevent trespass thereon
by others but such use and right shall not conflict with use or occupancy by said
Bridge Commission, its successors or assigns nor be contrary to any rule or regulation
made or to be made by said Commission, its successors or assigns, adopted for the
proper management, control or protection of said bridge.”
The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation shall have the right of access to
its remaining lands through the herein transferred property along and from the proposed
roadway to be constructed by the Division of Historic Preservation from Vermont Route
#17. The width shall be 50 feet and the location acceptable to both parties.
Dated December 2, 1981.