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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Women at the Helm: The Maritime Museum’s New Digital Exhibit

July 5, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

women at the helmLake Champlain Maritime Museum has launched a new exhibit: Women at the Helm, celebrating women leaders of the Champlain Valley from the 18th century to today. [Read more…] about Women at the Helm: The Maritime Museum’s New Digital Exhibit

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Champlain Canal, exhibits, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Maritime History, Science History, Transportation History, womens history

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

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

Seneca Lake Shipwrecks Program Planned

September 20, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Seneca Lake from Watkins GlenArthur B. Cohn is set to present “What Lies Beneath: Stories from Seneca Lake” at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site on Tuesday, September 24th at 6:30 pm.

The talk will focus on the first two seasons of the Seneca Lake survey and the significant shipwreck discoveries that will add to the understanding of the canal era when horses and mules walked the towpath.  Cohn will also outline the history of the Seneca Lake region and, based on his four decades of Lake Champlain experience, the logical expectation that shipwrecks would be present. [Read more…] about Seneca Lake Shipwrecks Program Planned

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Maritime History, Schoharie Crossing SHS, Seneca Lake, Shipwrecks

Schooner Lois McClure Celebrating Champlain Salmon

July 12, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lois McClure courtesy Lake Champlain MaritimeThe canal schooner Lois McClure, an 88′ full-scale replica based on shipwrecks of the mid-19th century discovered in Lake Champlain, takes to the water, starting this weekend.

In 2019, the Lois will celebrate the International Year of the Salmon, sharing the history, ecology, and conservation story of Atlantic salmon in the Champlain watershed. [Read more…] about Schooner Lois McClure Celebrating Champlain Salmon

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: fishing, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Lois McClure, Maritime History

Lake Champlain Maritime Festival Set For July

April 29, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

LCMF logoThis years Lake Champlain Maritime Festival has been set for July 26-29, at Waterfront Park in Burlington, VT.

The Festival is a four-day celebration of Lake Champlain, showcasing exhibits throughout sites on the Burlington Waterfront (Burlington Boathouse, Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, Burlington’s Waterfront Park and more). [Read more…] about Lake Champlain Maritime Festival Set For July

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Champlain Longboats Open House March 21st

March 15, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Champlain Long BoatsThe Champlain Longboats Program has announced their 18th annual Open House has been set for March 21st, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum boat shop at 4472 Basin Harbor Road in Vergennes, Vermont.

This year the participants are building a 32’, six-oared pilot gig, which takes its lines from TREFFRY, a pilot gig built in 1832 which still exists today. [Read more…] about Champlain Longboats Open House March 21st

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Maritime Museum Offering Riveted Steel Structure Workshop

April 14, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will offer a four day Riveted Steel Structure Workshop on May 20-21 and 27-28, 2017. In this hands-on workshop for ages 16+, participants will learn the basics to the craft of riveting from Instructor Jeff Dardozzi, while participating in the creation of a full-scale riveted steel and timber structure to be erected on site by the participants. The workshop will also include a tour of one of the oldest riveted steel ships on Lake Champlain. The workshop will be held from 9 am to 4 pm each day. Workshop fee is $300, $275 for Lake Champlain Maritime Museum members. [Read more…] about Maritime Museum Offering Riveted Steel Structure Workshop

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Industrial History, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Maritime History

New Leadership At Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

December 15, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

lake-champlain-maritime-museumMike Smiles has resigned as Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM) effective December 31.

Joyce Cameron, who joined LCMM in 2016 as Director of Development and Community Relations, and Deputy Director Erick Tichonuk have been appointed as Co-Executive Directors. Joyce will oversee Administrative Operations and Erick will oversee Museum Operations and Schooner Lois McClure. [Read more…] about New Leadership At Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Champlain Schooner Lois McClure In Shipyard

September 2, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

LCMM tugboat C L Churchill tows ahead of Lois McClure in windy conditions on Lake ChamplainThe Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s schooner Lois McClure, in anticipation of her twelfth year of operation, has been taken to the New York State Canal Corporation shipyard at Waterford, NY for a haul-out and hull maintenance. There, a team of shipwrights working with David Short of North Atlantic Shipbuilding and Repair, of West Montville, ME are expected to replace worn, damaged or rotted planking and timbers and recaulk seams. [Read more…] about Champlain Schooner Lois McClure In Shipyard

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Lois McClure, Maritime History, Waterford

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