Otter Creek Challenge 2024: Recap and Photos
By Laura Caldwell, Expeditionary Programs Manager This past Saturday, local youth rowing teams gathered at Vergennes Falls Park in historic Vergennes, VT for the Otter Creek Challenge Race, the festive …
Within the Depths They Lie: Ship Graveyards of Lake Champlain
By Paul Willard Gates, Co-Director of Archaeology As many people, communities, and cultures celebrate Halloween today with costumes, trick or treating, remembering the dead, telling scary stories, or visiting supposedly …
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Challenge Race 2024: Recap and Results
By Laura Caldwell, Expeditionary Programs Manager On a beautiful Saturday, September 14, rowers and other boaters gathered at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to participate in the Lake Champlain Challenge Race, …
The Majestic Mule
By Jericho Walter, Museum Educator Join us for a moment of appreciation for the mule! Mules are an often-overlooked animal that have played an extremely important role in shaping the …
Learning to Repair 19th Century Diaries at Dartmouth College
By Devyn Cabral, Revolutionary War Museum Studies Intern Editor’s Note: This summer, the Museum’s collections team attended a workshop at Dartmouth College to learn how to thaw and repair a …
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Canals and Cholera: How an Epidemic and Bias Spread
By Jericho Walter, Museum Educator Editor’s Note: In our new exhibit, Underwater Archaeology: Diving into the Stories of People and Canal Boats on Lake Champlain, we use archaeology and research …
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3D Scanning Historic Artifacts
By Devyn Cabral, Revolutionary War Museum Studies Intern Editor’s Note: On Thursday, August 15, the Museum held a free public program about 3D scanning, hosted by the author and Vermont …
Expedition Diary: Champlain Discovery 2024
By Krissy Navrat, Expeditionary Programs Manager Last Sunday, our first teen expedition group of the summer wrapped up their two-week kayak adventure. Champlain Discovery is a kayak expedition that journeys …
The Dramatic Shipwreck of the Burlington Breakwater
Did you know that a shipwreck rests just next to the Burlington breakwater? Wrecked during a brutal winter gale that came howling across Lake Champlain, the story of one of …
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An Underwater Phoenix: The Oldest Steamboat Shipwreck Rests in Lake Champlain
Steam technology entered the transportation world in 1783, with the experimental steamship Pyroscaphe built by Marquis de Jouffroy d’Abbans and demonstrated on the Saône River in France. While there is …
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