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{{Short description|Inlet of Lake Champlain}}
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'''Button Bay''', previously known as '''Button Mould Bay''' or '''Buttonmold Bay''', is an area of shallow water on the east shore of [[Lake Champlain]]. It is located in the town of [[Ferrisburgh, Vermont|Ferrisburgh]] (near [[Vergennes, Vermont|Vergennes]]), in [[Addison County, Vermont|Addison County]]. It is situated between the [[Green Mountains (Vermont)|Green Mountains]] of [[Vermont]] and the [[Adirondack Mountains]] in [[New York (state)|New York]].

The Bay's name is from the [[clay]] [[concretion]]s found on its shores which looked either like actual clay buttons or  the moulds used in button making.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-how-did-button-bay-state-park-get-its-name/Content?oid=17674255|title=WTF: How Did Button Bay State Park Get Its Name?|last=Picard|first=Ken|date=2018-07-04|website=Seven Days|language=en|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref>

[[Button Bay State Park]] has been a [[state park]] since 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vtstateparks.com/buttonbay.html|title=Vermont State Parks - Button Bay|website=vtstateparks.com|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref>