Return to Cold Spring on the Hudson
by Art Cohn In 2005 the Lois McClure embarked on her first extensive outreach tour to the Hudson River and New York City. It was all so new and exciting, …
2010
Diving for Turtles
by Adam Kane This fall I had the exciting experience of diving for spiny softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in Lake Champlain’s Missisquoi Bay. No, not for eating, these turtles are …
Lake Sailor in Ludlow
This past Wednesday, LCMM’s educators Rich Isenberg and Tom Larsen went to Ludlow Elementary School to present a Lake Sailor program. This classroom program simulates canal boat shipping activities on Lake …
A Busman’s Holiday
by Tom Larsen While crewing aboard Lois McClure for her four-month Erie Canal tour, I heard about a wonderful opportunity. While the boat was in Rochester at the World Canals Conference, …
Asian clam in Lake George
LCMM has just been awarded a grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Program to assist with the eradication of Asian clams in Lake George. The project is a partnership between …
Girls Only!
This summer, six Vergennes Middle School Girls teamed up with Vermont Teacher of the Year Jen Lawson and LCMM Champlain Longboats trip leader Jessica Frank on a four-day outdoor rowing …
Homecoming
By Art Cohn When last we left you, the crew of Lois McClure was steaming home, anxious to return to our families. We were finally back on beautiful Lake Champlain, …
2010 Our Shared Heritage: World Canals Tour on the Erie Canal
The Champlain Valley’s ambassador to history, the 1862 canal schooner Lois McClure, embarked on a Return to the Erie Canal tour beginning in July, 2010. The tour culminated at the World Canals …
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Notes from the Captain’s Log: Part 4
And show off in Rochester for the World Canals Conference we did. On September 18th, at 7:30 a.m., we set full sail (mainsail, foresail, and jib) to a light breeze …
Tugboat fix!
Last we left you with the tugboat, the propeller and driveshaft were in a sorry state – they broke in Lock 10, and we managed to piece them back together …