The Town of Willsboro was named after William Gilliland, a land speculator and explorer, who bought large areas of land along Lake Champlain starting in 1765. As part of his explorations he discovered Ausable Chasm. Samuel Adsit built a cabin for his family of 16 on Willsboro Bay in 1778. Late, many of the early settlers were from Connecticut.
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