2014 Captain’s Log, Part 3
The canal schooner Lois McClure needed to get an early start from Troy, New York, on August 4th. We were headed only a few miles down the Hudson River to …
Lois McClure
Captain’s Log, Part 1
At 10:00 a..m. on May 31st, the tug C. L. Churchill towed the replica Lake Champlain Canal schooner Lois McClure, with the outboard-powered, inflatable boat Oocher standing by, out of her …
Little Falls
by Tom Larsen Little Falls is a unique place on the canal. Housing the lock with the highest single lift on the canal, it’s one of the places that you …
Life of a Volunteer aboard the LOIS MCCLURE
by Jeff Gorss THE VESSEL It’s been variously referred to as a sailing canal boat, a canal schooner, a schooner, a canal boat, the boat, the ship, the Lois, and …
The People We Meet
by Kerry Batdorf Among the treasures we encounter while on a Lois McClure adventure are the people we meet who have some sort of personal connection to or special interest …
School Programs in Whitehall
by Sal Larsen September 30, 2011 I truly love volunteering on the schooner, so I was delighted to get a chance to return. I was waiting at the dock in …