Knight Point on North Hero Island opened as a state park in 1978, but its history goes back much further. John Knight, the point's first resident, began ferry service between the islands in 1785, and his family ran it until the first bridge opened in 1892. The Knight Point house is a parks staff residence, and its wooden frame wing is a reconstruction of the Knight Tavern, an inn built in 1790 for travelers crossing the lake. Season runs from the Friday of Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.