Rowing at Skiffie Worlds 2022
By Andrew Rainville, Rowing Club Member, Coxswain, and Youth Rowing Coach We recently shared a story about some of our rowers crossing “the pond” to compete in Skiffie Worlds 2022, …
Champlain Longboats
Sugar Moon: Launching the Newest Boat Built by Students
By Nick Patch, Director of Maritime Programs Friday May 27 was a day of celebration here at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum as we launched our brand new 29’ whaleboat, Sugar Moon. …
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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will Re-Open for Free in May 2022
Today we are excited to announce our 2022 Season dates and share the great news that the Museum will remain free for all visitors for 2022 and for the future! …
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Adult Rowing Returns to the Snow Row
By Andrew Rainville, Adult Rowing Club Member and Youth Rowing Coach Earlier this month, as winter ice continues to clog the waterways of Lake Champlain, an intrepid group of adult …
Fall 2021 Youth Rowing: Season Recap
Each year, hundreds of high school and middle school students join teams in the Museum’s open-water youth rowing program. These hardy rowers meet for weekly practices and rowing sessions on …
New Docks at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Environmentally-friendly docks built by Northlands Job Corps This fall, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum unveiled new floating docks at our waterfront built by Northlands Job Corps. These new docks increase public …
High spirits and warm weather at the Spring Wave 2021
On Saturday June 5, we welcomed 84 rowers from eight regional school teams back to the Museum to participate in the Spring Wave, the annual spring race for our youth rowing league, …
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A Rowing Season to Remember
We’d like to take a moment today to celebrate our adult rowing community. Despite a pandemic and strict new safety guidelines, our adult rowers were able to have a shortened …
A Spirited Otter Creek Challenge Race!
On Saturday, October 31, we held our annual Otter Creek Challenge youth open-water rowing race at the Vergennes Basin on Otter Creek. All things aligned perfectly for this pandemic-era rowing …
James Wakefield Rescue Row 2020 Celebration
On October 3, 2020 we held our annual James Wakefield Rescue Row in Burlington Harbor. This youth rowing race is held annually in tribute to James Wakefield, a man who, …