2008, Michael Blanding, Alexandra Hall, Vermont (Moon Handbooks), Emeryville, CA: Avalon Travel, →ISBN, page 180:
Once a mill town producing everything from doors to bowling pins, the central NEK town of Barton is now better known for its easy access to waterborne recreation.
2020, Tim Traver, Fly Fishing & Conservation in Vermont, Charleston, SC: The History Press, →ISBN, page 184:
At more than three hundred feet deep, Willoughby is one of the deepest and most beautiful lakes in the NEK.
2021, Maureen P. Hall, “Living Divided No More”, in Maureen P. Hall, Aubrie K. Brault, editors, Academia from the Inside, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 49:
Here in the NEK, I am located on the southern edge of the boreal forest that begins in Canada. Being here in northern Vermont, immersed in this boreal forest, I have been reflecting on my academic journey.