Notes from a Rower – Icebreaker Race
Rudderless Rowers Triumph The competition knows we are in the lead and they are worried. Our backs to the buoy we row long and hard. Bill, our coxswain, looks behind …
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Names New Executive Director
Growing to Serve More Audiences, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Names New Executive Director The Board of Directors of Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM) is pleased to announce the appointment of …
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Bottom’s Up!: Aquatic Teacher Training on Lake Champlain
It’s a great feeling when people whom you invite on an adventure say, “Sure!” and jump in the boat with you. This has been the case with LCMM’s latest on-water …
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Lake Champlain Rowing Boat to Join US Navy Fleet
Last month, a boat built by Lake Champlain high school students was the latest vessel to join the U.S. Navy fleet. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum delivered the Lake Champlain boat …
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2014 Tour: From War to Peace
On the 200th anniversary of the final year of the War of 1812, Lois McClure‘s 2014 tour focused on the land and sea British invasion of the US through Lake Champlain. …
Youth Rowing Races at Button Bay – Lake Champlain
James Wakefield Rescue Row On Saturday October 11, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Champlain Longboats Program held its fall youth rowing race, the James Wakefield Rescue Row at Button Bay State …
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2014 Captain’s Log, Part 5
Once we had the C. L. Churchill’s Tug-of-the-Year gold cup on board, she was ready to tow the Lois McClure from Waterford, where the 2014 Tugboat Roundup was winding down, …
Lake Champlain: New Publication of Historic Images
Announcing New Publication of Lake Champlain History Maritime Museum shares history using striking images The newest pictorial history book by Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, from Arcadia Publishing, titled Lake Champlain …
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2014 Captain’s Log, Part 4
When the canal schooner Lois McClure, towed by the C. L. Churchill, assisted by the inflatable boat Oocher, did head back out of North Cove into the maelstrom of New …
Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey (& Other Supposedly Nautical Sayings)
It’s Cold Enough to Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey! Perhaps you’ve heard that phrase and thought, “brrrrrr, that sounds cold.” Or perhaps, if you’re like me, you wonderedwhat …
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