Women entered new political spheres in the 19th and early 20th centuries by advocating for social causes that were important to them, including abolition, temperance, and the fight for suffrage. These movements became linked with changing 19th century ideas about women’s roles in society. With the opening of the canal system in the mid-19th century, …
Suffrage in the Champlain Valley: A Complex Movement Read More »
(Top image credit: Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington, D.C. Official program woman suffrage procession. Washington, D. C. March 3. Washington, 1913. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.20801600/.) 2020 marks an important election anniversary for the United States of America: it marks 100 years since women won the right to vote. That’s 25 presidential elections …
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, with his son, rescued passengers and crew aboard the General Butler when it sank on December 9, 1876. On that fateful day, an early but …
On Labor Day Weekend, we were able to throw open our gates for one special weekend and open our campus for an outdoors Museum experience. Over three days, we welcomed hundreds of locals for free as they explored our campus and new outside exhibits, shopped in our Museum Store pop-up, and enjoyed a beautiful weekend. …
This past weekend avocational diver Gary Lefebvre of Colchester, VT, identified some unusual wreckage off Colchester Shoal in Lake Champlain using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Lefebvre brought footage of the discovery to the attention of Chris Sabick, our Director of Research and Archaeology, who identified the wreckage as the remains of one of two …
This month, nineteen teenagers and two trip leaders have accomplished epic kayak expeditions, kayaking the length of Lake Champlain and reaching the Canadian border. An epic goal in a standard year, these voyages feel even more significant having been accomplished safely and successfully during a pandemic! We couldn’t be prouder of these intrepid teens and …
Kayaking the Length of Lake Champlain: Teen Expeditions in 2020 Read More »
By Benjamin Mayock, Champlain Longboats coach and coxswain As you might remember last summer, thanks to our Community Rowing club, we acquired a St. Ayles Skiff. Over the winter, the crew in the Museum’s boat shop repaired and repainted the skiff and got it ready for the upcoming rowing season (a season which, as I …
By Charlie Beyer, Champlain Longboats Assistant Director I’m writing this with my feet still damp after taking our newly finished Buyce-design Adirondack Guideboat out for a spin in the harbor. I’m pretty thrilled with how it came out. I noticed immediately that the hull speed is better than I expected in such a short waterline, …
By Susan Evans McClure, Executive Director As we grapple with systemic racism, police violence, and the legacy of slavery unfolding before our eyes, the work of a Maritime Museum on the shores of Lake Champlain can sometimes feel disconnected. But it is just at these moments that the core of our work as a history …
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director This spring has been a spring like no other and it has impacted us all in so many ways. It is certainly not what any of us expected and we have all been challenged by this pandemic in different ways. For our Champlain Longboats rowing community, it stopped our …
A Salute to our Graduating High School Senior Rowers Read More »
