CONCORD, Mass. – Two recreational facilities in Vermont owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District will be open for public use in May. 

Union Village Dam, located in East Thetford, Vermont, will open May 19, and North Hartland Lake, located in North Hartland, Vermont, will open May 26.                        

Both facilities will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily and offer picnicking, swimming, fishing, and hiking opportunities, in addition to a boat ramp at North Hartland Lake. 

For more information on the 2012 recreation season at these locations, call (802) 295-2855.

For more information about Corps of Engineers recreation and activities in New England check the website at: http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreation.htm or go directly to the Union Village Dam recreation webpage at http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/uvd/uvdhome.htm or the North Hartland Lake webpage at http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/nhl/nhlhome.htm.