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Families on canal boats similar to the Lois McClure would spend the majority of their year on the water, and now you can get a sense of what canal boat life would …
Families on canal boats similar to the Lois McClure would spend the majority of their year on the water, and now you can get a sense of what canal boat life would …
Families on canal boats similar to the Lois McClure would spend the majority of their year on the water, and now you can get a sense of what canal boat life would …
Your Biggest Questions About the Schooner Lois McClure, Answered We noticed that there are some recurring questions about our recent announcement that the replica canal schooner Lois McClure will be …
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By Evan Wing, Replica Fleet Coordinator Winter, 1870, Whitehall, New York: you rise early to bank up the fire in your stove and help your mother set the small table …
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By Elisa Nelson, Schooner Tour and Volunteer Coordinator On the calm morning of September 3, the crew of the Lois McClure took a short trip to Shelburne Shipyard for our …
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Wood is a deceptively challenging medium to work with: easy enough for a first-time builder to work with, yet with a learning curve so steep and so broad that no carpenter could ever seriously claim to know absolutely everything about it. And while the tools have improved and techniques debated and refined, the basic principles and traditions behind woodworking have remained unchanged for millennia.
On the run south from Burlington to our first tour stop in Westport, New York, the crew let fly every inch of canvas available; in its element on a comfortable broad reach, with the winds whistling out of the northwest over Split Rock, Lois came tantalizingly close to its all-time speed record of eight knots.
Crewman Connor doshan reports they had a few long days of transit before arriving in Fairport, NY. They switched the tug to the starboard side of the Lois (had been …
When you travel with the GlassBarge, you’re definitely traveling with the hottest show in town. The furnaces blast away at 2,100 degrees with molten glass, ready to be gathered on …
Matt Harrison Winter is in the air in Vermont and New York and the 2017 Lois McClure Legacy tour has come to a successful conclusion! The canal boat made 36 stops in …
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