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Champlain Valley

Lake Champlain Cultural Heritage Funds Available

August 15, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Lois McClure leads the boat parade opening the new Champlain Bridge courtesy NPSThe Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) seeks pre-proposals for projects and programs to protect, restore, interpret, and showcase the historical resources and cultural heritage of the Champlain Valley. [Read more…] about Lake Champlain Cultural Heritage Funds Available

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: Champlain Valley, Grants, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Basin Program

New Passport Stamp Card Commemorates Women’s Suffrage

August 6, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Limited-edition “Forward into Light” challenge coinsThe Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP) has issued a new Suffrage Passport Stamp Card to mark the 101st anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, with which women finally received the right to vote. [Read more…] about New Passport Stamp Card Commemorates Women’s Suffrage

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Champlain Valley, Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Champlain Valley Suffrage Auto Tours Set

July 18, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Champlain Valley Suffrage Centennial Auto TourThe Champlain Valley Suffrage Centennial 2021 Auto Tour events are set for July 31st, August 6th-7th, August 14th, August 21st. The tour commemorates and celebrates the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and recognizes and demonstrates the many ways women fought for the right to vote prior to 1920. [Read more…] about Champlain Valley Suffrage Auto Tours Set

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Champlain Area Trails, Champlain Valley, Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, Chimney Point, Clinton County Historical Association, Crandall Public Library, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, North Star Underground Railroad Museum

Clinton County ‘Northern Pathways Challenge’ Launched

June 6, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Northern Pathways Challenge patchChamplain Area Trails (CATS) has announced the CATS Northern Pathways Challenge, a new patch challenge. This challenge begins on National Trails Day, Saturday, June 5th, and ends December 31st.

The Northern Pathways Challenge celebrates trails in Clinton County, the northern part of the Champlain Valley. It goes along with the first Northern Champlain Valley Trail Map that CATS recently published. [Read more…] about Clinton County ‘Northern Pathways Challenge’ Launched

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Champlain Area Trails, Champlain Valley, hiking, Lake Champlain

2,200 Acres Protected In Split Rock Wildway, Eastern Adirondacks

December 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Bar MH Timber property courtesy Open Space InstituteThe Open Space Institute (OSI) has announced the permanent protection of forested land in the Towns of Chesterfield and Lewis in Essex County. [Read more…] about 2,200 Acres Protected In Split Rock Wildway, Eastern Adirondacks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Champlain Valley, conservation, Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve, High Peaks, hiking, nature, Open Space Institute, Split Rock Wildway, Taylor Pond Wild Forest, Wildlife

New Projects to Preserve, Celebrate Champlain Valley Heritage

July 25, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

lake champlain basin programThe Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP) and Lake Champlain Basin Program awarded more than $200,000 in grants to organizations in Vermont, New York and Québec for projects that promote and protect the region’s history in 2020 and 2021.

Smuggling, bootlegging, and moonshining are among the stories of the Champlain Valley’s past that will be highlighted. [Read more…] about New Projects to Preserve, Celebrate Champlain Valley Heritage

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Champlain Valley, Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, Grants, Historic Preservation, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Basin Program, Prohibition

Champlain Maritime Museum 2020 Season Focused On Women

March 12, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

lake champlain maritime museum new logoThe Lake Champlain Maritime Museum has unveiled a new logo, and announced their 2020 events schedule. This year the Museum is commemorating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage by exploring female leaders in the Champlain Valley. [Read more…] about Champlain Maritime Museum 2020 Season Focused On Women

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Champlain Valley, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vermont

Champlain History Center Gets Collections Grant

February 25, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

samuel de champlain history centerThe Samuel de Champlain History Center has received a grant for $3,500 from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership.

The grant, made through CVNHP’s Collections Grant program, will fund the digitization, cataloging and preservation of the History Center’s photograph collection. [Read more…] about Champlain History Center Gets Collections Grant

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Champlain Valley, Grants, Historic Preservation, Lake Champlain, Photography, Samuel de Champlain

Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley

February 23, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

lake champlain basin programThe Lake Champlain Basin Program is set to host Susan Evans McClure, Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, who will present “Our Best Endeavors: Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley” on Thursday, February 27th. [Read more…] about Temperance and Prohibition in the Champlain Valley

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: beer, Champlain Valley, Crime and Justice, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Basin Program, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Prohibition

Lake Champlain Basin Cultural Heritage Project Grants

October 28, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Lake Champlain Basin Program has announced they are seeking pre-proposals for projects and programs to protect, restore, interpret, and showcase the historical resources and cultural heritage of the Champlain Valley.

These projects will highlight the interpretive themes and further the goals, actions and tasks described in the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP) Management Plan. [Read more…] about Lake Champlain Basin Cultural Heritage Project Grants

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Champlain Valley, Grants, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Basin Program

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