A Look Inside a Whaling Ship
360 degree view inside the hold of the Charles Morgan at Mystic Seaport. A very neat visual tour with narration by Quentin Snediker, director of the shipyard at Mystic Seaport. …
Notes from the Boatshop: Planking and a field trip
By Nick Patch Eight boat builders from the Diversified Occupations (D.O.) program at the Hannaford Career Center along with D.O. program teachers, volunteers and LCMM boat building staff have been …
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Monster Iron Artifacts
by Paul Gates In addition to preserving small artifacts such as grapeshot rounds, nails, and tools, the archaeologists at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Conservation Lab also work on much …
Notes from the Boatshop: Gig building and repair
by Nick Patch Eight students from the Diversified Occupations (D.O.) program at the Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury, Vermont are coming to the LCMM boat shop four days a week …
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Winter Coverings
by Tom Larsen Every winter the time comes when the snow falls and the boats must be buttoned up for the winter. Each boat has its own particularities for covering …
Return to Cold Spring on the Hudson
by Art Cohn In 2005 the Lois McClure embarked on her first extensive outreach tour to the Hudson River and New York City. It was all so new and exciting, …
Diving for Turtles
by Adam Kane This fall I had the exciting experience of diving for spiny softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in Lake Champlain’s Missisquoi Bay. No, not for eating, these turtles are …
Lake Sailor in Ludlow
This past Wednesday, LCMM’s educators Rich Isenberg and Tom Larsen went to Ludlow Elementary School to present a Lake Sailor program. This classroom program simulates canal boat shipping activities on Lake …
A Busman’s Holiday
by Tom Larsen While crewing aboard Lois McClure for her four-month Erie Canal tour, I heard about a wonderful opportunity. While the boat was in Rochester at the World Canals Conference, …
Asian clam in Lake George
LCMM has just been awarded a grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Program to assist with the eradication of Asian clams in Lake George. The project is a partnership between …