| La Chute River | |
| Map: | CarrillonAbercrombieRoute1758.png |
| Pushpin Map: | New York Adirondack Park#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New York |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | New York |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Adirondacks |
| Subdivision Type4: | County |
| Subdivision Name4: | Essex |
| Subdivision Type5: | City |
| Subdivision Name5: | Ticonderoga |
| Length: | 6abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Source1: | Lake George |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 43.8369°N -73.4311°W[1] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 318feet[2] |
| Mouth: | Lake Champlain |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 43.8362°N -73.394°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 92feet |
The La Chute River, also known as Ticonderoga Creek, is a short, fast-moving river, near the Vermont–New York border. It is now almost wholly contained within the municipality of Ticonderoga, New York, connecting the northern end and outlet of the 32miles long Lake George and the southern end of the 172adj=onNaNadj=on long Lake Champlain[3] through many falls and rapids. The river drops about 230 feet (70 m) in its three and a half-mile (6 km) course, which is a larger drop than Niagara Falls (167 ft (52 m)).
Part of the Lake Champlain Valley and the St. Lawrence River drainage basin, ultimately its waters flow out of Lake Champlain through the 106miles length of the Richelieu River into the St. Lawrence River and then into the North Atlantic Ocean north of Nova Scotia.
The Champlain Valley is among the northernmost valleys considered part of the Great Appalachian Valley, reaching from the province of Quebec, Canada somewhat northeast of Montreal at the outlet of the Richelieu River to Alabama. The Champlain Valley is a physiographic section of the larger Saint Lawrence Valley which in turn is part of the larger Appalachian physiographic division.[4]
Lake Champlain is situated in the Champlain Valley between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York, and Lake George is located in the Adirondack Park and mountain range north of the lower Berkshire Hills arrayed to the south and east, which give land routes through the region accessibility into the Hudson River and Connecticut River drainage basins.