Early Tourism on the Champlain Canal, Bicentennial Talk with Matt Harrison

Join us for an introduction of the newly published book by Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, titled The Champlain Canal: 200 Years of Change.  The book features content by historians, archeologists, and biologists on the past and present evolutions of the Champlain Canal, which celebrated its bicentennial in 2023. Matt’s talk will focus on early tourism on the waters of the canal and on Lake Champlain, in particular the accounts of two women travelers who recorded their vacations along the canal in the 1890s — Florence Snedeker and Augusta Brown.

This talk will take place at the Plattsburgh Public Library and will be given by Matt Harrison, Sailing Programs Manager at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.