Editing Essex, New York (section)

==Public transport==
Air service transport is provided by [[Plattsburgh International Airport]] (30 miles to the north), and [[Burlington International Airport]] (across the lake via the ferry in Essex, to Charlotte, Vermont). Both are within easy driving distance. Burlington International Airport serves international customers, and Plattsburgh International Airport serves regional and national carriers.

Ferry service between Essex and [[Charlotte, Vermont]], is provided by the [[Lake Champlain Transportation Company]]. This became a year-round route in 1998.<ref>Tom Gresham, [http://www.adirondacklife.com/content/archivecategory/0/9/0/2007/7/1/ "The Job That Comes and Goes: In the pilothouse with Lake Champlain's ferry captains".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707083748/http://www.adirondacklife.com/content/archivecategory/0/9/0/2007/7/1/ |date=July 7, 2011 }} ''Adirondack Life'', July/August 2007.</ref>

This route is used by many residents for access to medical care, jobs, school, and shopping. While most years in the past decade the ferry service has run year-round, the ice-breaking ferries usually used on this route were redeployed to [[Crown Point, New York|Crown Point]] to fill in for the [[Lake Champlain Bridge (1929–2009)|Champlain Bridge]] which was demolished in 2009.<ref>Brian Mann, [http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16651/critics-say-ferry-closure-would-cause-quot-ordeal-quot-in-champlain-valley "Critics say ferry closure would cause 'ordeal' in Champlain Valley"], North Country Public Radio, November 11, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.wptz.com/news/25472701/detail.html "Essex Neighbors Fear Ice Will Close Ferry: Commuters Say Ferry Service Needs a Solution"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719011503/http://www.wptz.com/news/25472701/detail.html |date=July 19, 2011 }}, WPTX, October 22, 2010.</ref><ref>Matt Sudkoski, [http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20101025/NEWS02/101024022/Winter-ferry-closures-worry-Essex-N.Y.-Charlotte-riders "Winter ferry closures worry Essex, N.Y.–Charlotte riders".]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''[[Burlington Free Press]]'', October 25, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=13475808 "Commuters fight for year-round ferry"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309154531/http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=13475808 |date=March 9, 2012 }}, WCAX, November 10, 2010.</ref><ref>Lohr MckInstry, [http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x434662569/Essex-Charlotte-ferry-reopens "Essex-Charlotte ferry reopens".] Plattsburgh ''[[Press-Republican]]'', March 22, 2010.</ref>

The first ferry service in Essex began operation ''circa'' 1790.<ref>Jan Peden, [http://www.essexny.org/content/history-essex-new-york-introductory-sketch ''History of Essex, New York: An Introductory Sketch''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726035118/http://www.essexny.org/content/history-essex-new-york-introductory-sketch |date=July 26, 2011 }}. Historic Essex (Essex Community Heritage Organization).</ref><ref>David C. Hislop, Jr., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LxYFOQrts18C&q=Lake+champlain+transportation Essex on Lake Champlain]'', p. 34.</ref>

[[Amtrak]] service is available in [[Westport, New York|Westport]], {{convert|10|mi}} to the south. {{See also|Westport (Amtrak station)}} In the days of peak train service, local [[Delaware & Hudson Railway]] trains ending at [[Plattsburgh]] or at [[Rouses Point]] made stops in Essex, but not the named trains, ''[[Laurentian (train)|Laurentian]],'' or its overnight counterpart, the ''Montreal Limited.''<ref name="Railways 1939">'Official Guide of the Railways' August 1939, D & Hudson section, Table 1</ref>