Historic Horsepower on the Chambly Canal
The Chambly Canal, like most 19th century canals, were designed with a “towpath”, a trail that paralleled the canal and permitted horse and mule teams to slowly pull canal boats …
St Jean
by Art Cohn The Bicentennial tour, 1812: Commemorating the War: Celebrating the Peace continued north from Isle aux Noix to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Saint Jean is a community whose strategic location at …
Cora Archambault: 1904-2012
A wonderful Friend has passed While we were traveling north through the Richelieu River valley, word arrived that Cora, a very special friend to all who have an interest in …
Across the Border
by Rosemary Zamore Wednesday, June 20 I arrived at Gaines Marina in Rouses Point amidst the process of taking the rig of the schooner down. It was quite an ordeal, …
Rouses Point
by Isaac Parker The sounds of church bells from the nearby St. Patrick’s Church announced the arrival of the Lois McClure to Rouses Point. After a long day battling the …
St Albans
by Art Cohn Returning to St. Albans Bay is always like returning home. I lived in Fairfield, just east of St. Albans, for 25-years and still own land on French …
Grand Isle
by Tom Larsen Although the tour had officially started with the stop at Plattsburgh, it wasn’t until we left Burlington and headed off to Grand Isle that it finally started …
The 1812 Tour Begins
by Art Cohn The Bicentennial tour, 1812: Commemorating the War, Celebrating the Peace began, as it should, with a visit to historic Plattsburgh, NY on June 2nd & 3rd. It …
The Captain’s Log, 2012, Part 1
by Roger Taylor The Lois McClure got underway from Perkins Pier, Burlington, Vermont, at 10:15, May 17th, to start her ninth season of delivering cargoes of history to ports-of-call on …
MRI in Fort Edward
by Alex Lehning Friends of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum often tell us about their favorite part of our campus. Some visitors love to explore our numerous exhibits on maritime …