Fall/Winter 01/02 - Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM AT BASIN HARBOR, INC.
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FALL/WINTER 2002
Cannon Raising Sheds New Light on the
Battle of Valcour Island
O
n June 30, 2001, a throng of supporters and well-wishers looked on as
LCMM raised an important relic from the
Revolutionary War site of the crucial Battle
of Valcour Island. The raising was all the
more special because it took place in the year
of the battle’s 225th anniversary.
Photo by John Butler
THE HISTORY OF THE BATTLE
On October 11, 1776, General Benedict
Arnold commanded an American fleet of fifteen fighting vessels and engaged the British Navy near Valcour Island, New York.
After an intense five-hour battle, with heavy
casualties on both sides, darkness finally
Photo by John Butler
A portion of the Valcour cannon is raised
from the lake bottom, where it has lain for
225 years.
Photo by John Butler
INSIDE
LCMM director Art Cohn speaks about
the significance of the day’s events.
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Research Institute
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Burlington
Shipyard
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ended the conflict.
With perhaps sixty
men killed and wounded on the American side
and three-quarters of
their ammunition gone,
Arnold and his officers
executed a daring nighttime escape and passed
a British blockade. Two
days later, on October
13, the British fleet
caught up with Arnold
and a second running
battle was joined. Arnold, outgunned and
surrounded in what is
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known today as Arnold’s Bay, intentionally destroyed five of his own vessels and
escaped back to Fort Ticonderoga on
foot. Only four of his original fifteen vessels survived the three-day affair. At its
conclusion, control of the strategically
important Lake Champlain invasion corridor had shifted to the British.
Sir Guy Carleton, Governor General of
Canada, content with achieving control of
the lake, broke off the attack and returned
to Canada for the winter. During the spring
of 1777, the British moved their army and
navy south, past the hastily abandoned
American Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, and launched an invasion of
the Hudson Valley. Here, at Saratoga, GenPlease turn to page 3
As Senator Patrick Leahy looks on, Senator Hillary Rodham
Clinton addresses the crowd at the cannon raising.
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MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Note from the . . . Maritime Research Institute
I’ve had the privilege of
spending most of my adult
life working on the waters of
Lake Champlain and beyond.
Each field season brings its
unique challenges and accomplishments
and, although it is difficult to compare
these annual campaigns, it is clear to me
that this field season was the best one ever.
This year, we reorganized ourselves as
the Maritime Research Institute (MRI).
That has permitted me and the MRI team
to concentrate on the broad issues of
underwater cultural heritage (UCH),
public policy and management, interpretation, field investigations, and writing.
In addition, the UNESCO meetings in
Paris that I have attended are serving as a
catalyst for redefining how the museum
and society approaches this emerging
class of cultural material. As the events
of this season have shown, our LCMMMRI program is in the forefront of demonstrating the value of UCH to the public. To review:
● In the spring we traveled to Lake Erie
(Dunkirk and Barcelona, New York) to
assist community leaders in the investigation of a mystery shipwreck. The
project produced a great deal of information and is helping to stimulate interest in an LCMM-style interpretive center in Dunkirk.
● We celebrated the 225th Anniversary
of the Battle of Valcour Island, a pivotal
event in the War for Independence, with a
very special event. With the support of
Senators Patrick Leahy and Hillary Clinton,
we orchestrated the recovery of an artifact
collection, including several pieces of a cannon that burst during the engagement.
● Our Lake Survey completed its sixth
season; see the story to the right.
● The Burlington Shipyard opened,
and we began construction of a new fullsized replica; an 88-foot long, 1862-class
canal schooner to be launched in 2004
and christened Lois McClure. We installed
a major new interpretive exhibit, “The
Evolution of the Burlington Waterfront.”
● Underwater Preserves are a step closer
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to expanding. With support of the Lake
Champlain Basin and New York and Vermont cultural resource managers, we look
forward to some exciting opportunities.
● We continued our work, in conjunction with the University of Vermont, on
zebra mussels and their potential impact
on our collection of shipwrecks.
● I went back to the Azores for our fifth
season of participation in a progressive
archaeological-management program. Together with MRI logistics coordinator
Pierre LaRocque, we executed thirty-four
dives in twelve days . . . anchors, anchors,
and more anchors.
● The Conservation Lab is operating in
its highest gear, doing work for the New
York State Museum, Fort Ticonderoga
Museum, Hartgen Archaeological Associates, Inc., as well as our own work on the
Valcour Island material. This summer’s interns made a huge, positive impact.
● Back to Valcour Island. We staged 154
dives in two weeks with a total of twentyfive project participants. We examined an
additional twelve grid squares and located
three new pieces of the exploded cannon.
This is an extraordinary collaborative effort.
Any program is only as good as its team,
and as you will see from the expanded
articles on each of these projects, they involve a huge number of staff and volunteers. We are also only as strong as our
institutional support, and LCMM has been
encouraged by an expanding list of sponsors. Of course, LCMM members play a
vital role in keeping the program on track.
My thanks go out to all who contributed
to making this the most productive season ever and for helping create an even
more optimistic outlook for the future.
—Art Cohn, Director
Since writing the above, we have all experienced the trauma of September 11. As our
hearts go out to the victims of the attacks,
we renew and redouble our commitments
to investigating, understanding, and preserving our heritage; sharing our knowledge; and creating positive learning opportunities. Doing so, we hope, helps make
the world a better place to live.
Successful Lake
Survey Season
LCMM’s Lake Survey Project completed
another successful field season, surveying
approximately forty square miles. This
year’s work focused on the southern half
of the Inland Sea (the northeastern part
of the lake), including Malletts Bay.
One of the reasons for the success of
the Lake Survey has been the extraordinary
support from members of the community.
During the survey, our research vessel
needed to be moored in these regions to
ease the logistics of the operation. In both
areas, we were overwhelmed with support
and encouragement. In Mallets Bay, for
instance, the Champlain Marina provided
us with free docking facilities, as did the
Apple Bay Marina on the Inland Sea. Such
support and cooperation warmed the
hearts of all involved in the survey. We extend our sincere thanks to these two marinas and to all the people who provided
such great support throughout the project.
In other Lake Survey news, our team of
archaeologists and historians has just finished the report on the 1999 and 2000
field seasons. This report presents the findings from those years, including information about the seventeen previously unknown shipwrecks we discovered. As researchers into the lake’s history, we are
continually amazed at the wealth of cultural resources that past generations have
left for us on the lake bottom. Copies of
the report are available by calling LCMM.
MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Cannon Raising, continued from page 1
eral John Burgoyne and his army were defeated on the field of battle by a strong
American force. Burgoyne was forced to surrender his army and the tide of the American Revolution changed.
Writing more than a century later, naval
historian Alfred Thayer Mahan said, “The little Navy on Lake Champlain was wiped out,
but never had any force, large or small, lived
to better purpose or died more gloriously.”
and side. Holden recovered from these
wounds and continued to fight for the
American cause until the British surrender at Yorktown on October 19, 1781.
Jonas Holden’s pension record also
reveals that when the cannon burst, it
killed Lieutenant Rogers. Although
Arnold reported that “the New York lost
all her Officers except her Captain,”
New York was the only gunboat to survive the battle.
LCMM PICKS UP THE STORY
VBRP STARTS DIVING
Photograph by Jerry Forkey
LCMM has been engaged in research
Paralleling this new research was the
on the Battle of Valcour Island for more 1999 discovery of a cannon muzzle near
than two decades. In 1991, it launched a Valcour Island by New York State Police
full-sized replica of the gunboat Philadel- diver Edwin Scollon. We determined
phia. In 1997, LCMM located the last un- that the cannon fragment was from a
accounted-for vessel from Benedict six-pound gun, quite probably the same
Arnold’s Valcour Island fleet.
cannon that burst aboard New York. LCMM archaeologist Pierre LaRocque
We quickly launched a new research ef- Scollon’s discovery and our desire to ex- prepares to dive in Valcour Bay.
fort to identify the gunboat. In addition to pand understanding of this battle
learning that the gunboat is Spitfire, we also spawned the Valcour Bay Research Project extraordinary support of numerous partners, successfully raised this newly found
uncovered some new information about or VBRP (see LCMMnews Spring 2001).
the battle. Historian George Quintal, while
In 1999 and 2000 the VBRP, with the collection of artifacts. The raising brought
compiling information about the men who support of the New York State Museum, Senators Patrick Leahy and Hillary Clinton
fought at Valcour Isthe Department of together to celebrate the extraordinary
land, found a pen- LCMM will explain the tremendously successDefense Legacy Pro- historical legacy contained under Lake
sion record for one ful Valcour Bay Research Project, an archaeo- gram, and the Navy Champlain.
logical survey to map the battlefield site, in
The recovered artifacts were immediof the American par- the Spring 2002 issue of LCMMnews. You can
Historical Center,
ticipants, Sergeant get an update now at www.historiclakes.org. conducted an ar- ately put under the care of LCMM conserJonas Holden (see
chaeological survey vators and stabilized for their journey to
the Conservation Lab at Basin Harbor, VerLCMMnews, Spring/Summer 2000).
of the submerged battlefield.
In early 1776, Holden volunteered to
During this survey, the VBRP located mont. The conservation process is exjoin the Northern Army and was sent to two additional cannon fragments, a wood pected to take approximately one year to
Lake Champlain. Along with his brother, and leather cartridge box, and many pieces complete. Once the artifact conservation
Sartell, and fellow townsman Lieutenant of ordnance. Team members left the newly is finished, LCMM will place the material
Thomas Rogers, he was assigned to the found artifacts on the bottom of Valcour on public exhibit in LCMM’s “Key to Libgunboat New York, one of the eight gun- Bay while we obtained funding for their erty” exhibit. In October 2002, the artiboats in the American fleet. Through the conservation and the necessary permits to facts will cross the lake for exhibition at
the Clinton County Historical Museum in
pension record, we learned that during the raise them.
Plattsburgh, New York.h
October 11 battle, one of New York’s canJ
UNE 30: A BANNER DAY
non burst while attempting to be fired, inOn June 30, 2001, the LCMM, with the The cannon raising was possible only
juring Sergeant Holden in the right arm
with the tremendous support of the Lake Champlain Transportation
Company, Barrett’s Tree
Service, the U.S. Coast
Guard/Burlington Station, and Breakwaters.
Scale drawing of the cannon muzzle recovered from Valcour Bay (drawn by Gordon Cawood, inked by Adam Loven).
Thank you!
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MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Azores: Exploration
and Anchors
T
he Azores are a group of nine islands
located in the Atlantic Ocean about
two-thirds of the way towards Europe. A
part of the Portugal, the Azores have enjoyed a strategic position that began during the earliest days of maritime exploration and continues to the present day. The
United States still maintains an air base
on the island of Teceira.
For the past six years the Institute of Detail of Angra Harbor dated 1593, courtesy of Museum de Angra do Herosimo.
Nautical Archaeology and Texas A&M University have worked with the Azorian Director of Cultural Resources to develop a
In June, the MRI’s archaeological team The schooner went down in an area
management strategy for the rich collection
of submerged cultural resources believed conducted a week-long project in Lake known as the Lake Erie Quadrangle, an
to be contained in Azorian waters. As pre- Erie, near Dunkirk, New York. We came at area notorious for fierce, rapidly developviously reported, Texas A&M’s Kevin the request of the Lake Erie Heritage Cen- ing storms that have been the death of
Crisman has taken a leadership position ter, a newly formed not-for-profit that many ships and sailors.
We focused on mapping the exposed
in this evolving strategy and has tapped plans to open a maritime museum in
Dunkirk.
Specifically,
we
were
brought
in
remains
of the vessel. We had only a tanMRI Director Art Cohn for project support.
to
evaluate
a
“mystery
shipwreck.”
Durtalizing
look
at this interesting wreck, since
This season’s program was very ambitious. While graduate students from Texas ing the week we staged twenty-four dives approximately 60 percent of the hull was
A&M and Portugal documented the re- on the vessel, which lay in approximately buried below the bottom sediments. Our
mains of two early shipwrecks dubbed seventy feet of water. LCMM team mem- work culminated in a press conference at
Angra C and D, a remote sensing survey was bers Art Cohn, Chris Sabick, Adam Kane, the site for the benefit of local media, crelocating potential cultural targets offshore. and Pierre LaRocque were assisted by an ating a windfall of positive momentum
for the Lake Erie Heritage Center.
Art Cohn and Pierre LaRocque had the job able crew of local volunteer divers.
Our
preliminary
examination
of
the
vesThe MRI team plans to return to Lake
of diving on these targets to determine their
sel
revealed
it
to
be,
most
likely,
the
remains
Erie
next spring. Our future research goals
identity. In addition, MRI divers were challenged to map a historic mooring field lo- of an early- to mid-nineteenth-century lake include conducting some test excavations
cated under the protection of Mount Bra- schooner. With a preserved length of 63 feet in the schooner’s hold to answer quesand a beam of 17 feet, the schooner is quite tions such as what type of cargo it might
zil and its extensive fortifications.
The pair executed a total of thirty-four small for a commercial vessel on Lake Erie. have been carrying and why it sank.
dives in twelve days. By the end of their
stay, they had located a total of thirty-five
historic anchors in depths ranging from
120 to 50 feet of water in over a half-mile
of ocean. A preliminary map of the anchor field was produced, which will become the basis of a more detailed examination of the site in 2002.
The archaeological study of the anchor
field holds great potential. The site is also
under active consideration for development
into an underwater preserve site. LCMM/
MRI is already in discussions about its participation in both these projects and the con- Preliminary plan view of the “mystery” shipwreck documented in Lake Erie (drawn by
tinued survey of other islands for 2002.h
Adam Kane and Chris Sabick).
Lake Erie Shipwreck Investigated
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MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Conservation Lab Tackles a Variety of Projects
T
he summer of 2001 has been a very
busy one in the Conservation Laboratory at LCMM. A variety of projects from
Lake Champlain and the surrounding region have kept the staff and interns in the
lab on their toes. Work has progressed on
artifacts recovered during projects involving LCMM as well as items from other museums and archaeological firms in Vermont and northern New York.
Valcour Island. Some of the most exciting artifacts that have been undergoing stabilization this summer were recovered
from the Valcour Island battle site at the
end of June. This collection includes numerous pieces of shot, a composite cartridge box, bayonet, and several pieces of
a 6-pound cannon that appears to have
burst during the firefight on October 11,
1776. Conservation of this collection is
expected to continue through the winter
and we hope to have some of the items
on display for the 2002 season.
Fort Ti. The lab’s relationship with the
Fort Ticonderoga Museum has also continued during the summer of 2001. Excavations being carried out in preparation
for the construction of a new building on
the fort’s grounds have continued to produce a number of interesting artifacts. To
date, two batches of particularly delicate
artifacts have been brought to the lab for
treatment. Among these items are: a large
number of uniform buttons, several copper coins, a shovel blade, and a knife
blade. Conservation of these items is well
underway and we foresee completing the
work this winter.
New York State Museum. The lab is also
working on a group of artifacts from the
collections of the New York State Museum.
These artifacts were recovered from the Key
Corp Plaza Site in the late 1980s and were
showing signs of deterioration. In February 2001 archaeologists Adam Kane and
Chris Sabick carried out an assessment of
the artifact’s condition and recommended
treatment for the items most at risk. This
led to an agreement between NYSM and
LCMM for the conservation of a portion
of the collection. Included in this group
of items are a number of coins, buttons,
utensils, and a brass sundial.
Hartgen Associates. During the summer
the conservation lab also entered into an
agreement with Hartgen Archeological As-
LCMM-Texas A&M Connection Continues
Photo by Chris Sabick
Once again this summer, the Lake
Champlain Maritime Museum’s Conservation Laboratory was pleased to have two
summer interns help out with ongoing
conservation projects. Bobbye Jo Coke and
Intern Bobbye Jo Coke at work on an
artifact from Fort Ticonderoga.
Sara Brigadier, both graduate students at
Texas A&M University, spent a month of
their summer vacations in the Conservation Lab.
Bobbye Jo is a student in the Anthropology Program at A&M and hopes to
pursue a career in artifact conservation.
Her help was invaluable this summer in
conserving artifacts from Fort Ticonderoga
and Valcour Island.
Sara Brigadier is a student in the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M
and has spent parts of the last three summers here in the Conservation Lab. Sara
headed up work on the timbers from the
Quackenbush Archaeology Project and
picked up where Bobbye Jo left off on
other summer tasks. Bobbye Jo and Sara
are the latest in a string of archaeologists
Photo by Chris Sabick
A shovel uncovered during the recent
excavations at Fort Ticonderoga.
sociates of Troy, New York, to conserve the
remains of two large fermentation vats
from an eighteenth-century rum distillery.
These were found at a site in downtown
Albany during preparations for the construction of a new parking facility. The
preservation of these timbers will be a
long-term process that is expected to take
at least two years.
The Conservation Lab continues to expand its role as a regional archaeological
conservation facility. We hope that this
trend will continue; the staff and interns
of the lab look forward to future conservation challenges.h
Photo by Chris Sabick
Sara Brigadier cleans an artifact from the
New York State Museum.
from the programs at Texas A&M who
have shared their time and talent with the
Maritime Museum, a trend we hope continues into the future.
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BURLINGTON SHIPYARD
Burlington Shipyard: The First Season
When we opened the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Shipyard site in Burlington earlier this year, we
had a number of goals for 2001: create a shipyard facility; accumulate the lumber needed to build the canal
schooner Lois McClure; build her six spars; construct a tender for the larger boat; assemble a staff and volunteers; create an array of interesting exhibits that explain the project and its historic underpinnings; and provide a variety of courses, workshops, and community programs.
As we approach the end of the first season, we feel that we have substantially achieved each of these goals,
and we are set to start the main building project in spring 2002. This progress was made possible with the
amazing support and dedication of our crew of volunteers.
On these pages we present a few of the highlights of our first season. If you missed out on the fun this year,
make sure you visit us early and often next year as the hull of Lois McClure takes shape.
May 1 through June 21: employees and a dedicated crew of
volunteers worked to clean up an old storage building and
create exhibits.
Left: A crew of volunteers
came together for a weekend
and, under the supervision of
Ted Ingraham, built a fullsize cross-section of an
1862-class canal schooner.
Rob Thompson puts his boat-building
skills to work on the mocked-up stern
deck and shin-cracker steering system.
Muralist Ron
Hernandez
begins
painting the
view seen
from the
ship’s wheel.
Right: Canoe, sailboat,
steamer, canal boat,
train, and auto: all have
helped to determine how
Burlington evolved over
time. The Burlington
Bay Exhibit walks
visitors through this
evolution.
On June 21, Trey Pecor and employees of LCT came
together with LCMM staff and volunteers and Mac and
Lois McClure to celebrate the opening of the Shipyard.
Left: On June
20, employees
of LCT used
their crane to
help Don
Dewees, Pierre
LaRocque, and
Bill Atkinson
install the
Burlington
Shipyard sign.
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BURLINGTON SHIPYARD
June 22 through August 9: Saws, Sweat , and Progress.
Sara Francisco does some final
shaping of the main mast with a
plane.
Above: Boat-builder Rob Thompson, along
with students Ed Finkbeiner, Bob Young, and
Dave Lynch have just finished planking the
hull of the stern boat.
After steaming the one inch
thick white-oak frames, Rob
Thompson bends them into
place and, with help from his
students, rivets them to the
planking.
During one of the workshops held at
the shipyard, professional spar
maker Dexter Cooper visited the site
and instructed Mike LaVecchia and
volunteer Kerry Batdorf how to use
hand planes to round a spar.
On August 10, the LCMM celebrated the start of the Schooner Project with a Grand
Opening party. Six hundred guests enjoyed a beautiful evening at the waterfront.
Above left: Harry Atkinson
and Silas Towler enjoy good
conversation at the party.
Top center: Eloise Beil and
Lillian Baker Carlisle,
members of the exhibit team
for the Burlington Schooner
Project, relax on the stern
deck. Photos by Rick
Norcross.
Above right: Art Cohn talks
with Susan Wakefield,
descendant of James
Wakefield, who saved the
lives of those left stranded
on the Burlington
breakwater when General
Butler sank in 1876. Photo
by Rick Norcross.
Left: Partygoers examine
the exhibits.
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BURLINGTON SHIPYARD
Spotlight on a Volunteer: Peter Rosenfeld
W
e feel very fortunate to have met Peter Rosenfeld in the very first days
of the Burlington Schooner Project. He
came to us with
a great amount
of knowledge
and skill in
nearly every aspect of the
project here at
the Burlington
Shipyard.
Peter grew up
in New Jersey,
but he spent his
youth traveling
to Vermont on
weekends and
holidays with
his family to attend camps in the summer
and ski at Stowe in the winter. At fourteen,
he attended the Putney School in Putney,
Vermont. Instead of playing sports, stu-
dents enrolled in a Work-Job Program
where they learned, among other skills,
carpentry, landscaping, and electrical engineering. After
graduating from
school, Peter
spent
thirty
years working as
an engineer for
Bell Labs in the
Garden State.
He continued to
visit Vermont,
eventually buying a house in
the town of
Rochester.
Since retiring and moving
to Vermont full-time in 1990, Peter has
spent most of his time volunteering for
places like Shelburne Museum, Habitat for
Humanity, and most recently the Lake
Champlain Maritime Museum, while the
rest of his free time is spent sailing and
skiing. When Peter came to us, the shipyard was little more then an empty shed.
He helped us with everything, including
building exhibits, putting up fences, shaping spars, and building picnic tables.
Thanks, Peter, for taking on any project
sent your way. h
Burlington Shipyard Facts
(as of October 10, 2001):
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Visitors to the site: 11,578
Active volunteers: 71
Volunteer Hours: 2,599
Dogs on site: 3
Money raised: $629,505
Money still needed: $370,495
Adopt Part of the
Schooner!
Join LCMM in reconnecting the community with its maritime origins and underwater shipwrecks. Your support is key
in building this tangible link to Lake
Champlain’s past!
A Gift Of . . .
$ 500
$1,000
$2,000
$3,500
$5,000
$7,500
$10,000
$25,000
Victor Swenson, executive director of the Vermont Council on the Humanities (VCOH),
addresses more than six hundred guests attending the Grand Opening Celebration of
LCMM’s Shipyard at the Burlington waterfront on August 10. VCOH played a major
role in the development of the exciting new exhibits for the Shipyard through a grant
from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also honored at the event were special
supporters, from left to right, Lois McClure (in whose honor LCMM’s sailing canal
schooner will be named), Mac McClure (who, along with Lois, is providing core funding
for the project), and Sarah Soule (LCMM trustee and chair of the Chittenden County
campaign committee). Photo: John Butler.
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$50,000
$75,000
$100,000
Will Adopt A . . .
rib/frame (90)
plank (60)
wale (40)
hatch (4)
boom (2) or gaff (2)
mast (2)
sails (3)
rudder,
centerboard
anchors (2)
windlass
wheel
During construction and after
launch, a prominent ship-side exhibit
panel will acknowledge donors.
For details contact the LCMM Development Office (802) 475-2022 X105
or [email protected].
LEARNING ADVENTURES
LCMM Seeks Sponsors
Summer Programs Make an Impact
“When you find something good, you stick
with it. That’s how we felt about the Lake
Champlain Maritime Museum educational
programs ever since the first summer when
our children, Abby and Wil, had their very
first camp experiences there.” Lori Raymond
have also provided us with the opportunity to meet and get to know many special people through the years.
We on the staff always marvel at the
growth of our students, such as those we
remember as Runabouts who now are completing the Champlain Discovery Program.
Summer time is always special at Basin It is a gift to watch these young stewards of
Harbor, and not just because of the beau- Lake Champlain’s future grow up with our
tiful weather. Our Summer Programs for programs, and to become leaders and volKids (just completing the ninth season) unteers sharing the special history that we
preserve here.
We are also gratified to
receive feedback that lets
us know we’ve had an
impact on those taking
part in our programs. The
following is an excerpt
from a letter we received
from Lori Raymond,
whose family, along with
their friends the Bishops,
have been coming to our
summer camps for the
Abby Raymond and Jeni Bishop at work in the Conservation Lab. last four years.
Dear LCMM,
Over the past four years we have fashioned our summer vacations around our children’s
time at the museum, sometimes commuting from South Hero or from Point Bay Marina
to Vergennes daily or, most recently, spending the entire week moored in North Harbor
on our sailboats.
Not only have our children gained innumerable skills and opportunities for growth and
learning during their time spent at the Maritime Museum, but we two families also now
have a collective experience of several summers that have had a shared focus on the weeks
that our children spent at the museum. We have watched our two young girls evolve from
giggly demonstrations on the final Friday of camp four years ago to capably volunteering in
the conservation lab this summer. Thanks to Abby’s experience during the War of 1812 camp
week, where she had the extraordinary opportunity to clean the anchor from the Confiance
and took artifacts through the process of conservation—from electrolysis to cleaning and
waxing—she felt competent and welcomed as a volunteer in the lab this year. I will always
remember walking around the corner to find my daughter explaining the electrolysis process to visitors of the museum, almost as if she worked there. I couldn’t have been prouder
of her or Jeni Bishop for their work and interest in conserving Lake Champlain’s history.
Our sons, too, have grown during their summers spent at the museum. Skin diving,
canoeing, maritime arts, history, natural history, Native American culture, and so much
more have been part of their fun and learning over the past four summers.
The instructors that have taught our children have been caring, knowledgeable, fun,
and dedicated. We look forward to more summers in North Harbor, and a whole lot more
fun and learning at LCMM. Maybe one of these summers we parents will get a chance to
take some courses there!
—Lori K. Raymond
for Paddling Ecology
LCMM has received rave reviews for its
Paddling Ecology field trips for schools.
Since September 2000, 595 students have
paddled canoes with us on Lake Champlain to conduct water quality tests and
learn about the fish and plankton that live
in its waters. The students have come from
twenty-eight different schools and special
education programs in Essex County, New
York, and nearly every county in Vermont.
This fall, our schedule was once again
filled to capacity, and we are already booking groups for spring 2002.
LCMM and its partner schools are looking for support from businesses and corporations throughout the Basin to help
defray the cost of these exciting learning
experiences on Lake Champlain. Paddling
Ecology teaches young people first-hand
about the lake’s environment and fosters
in them a sense of stewardship and appreciation for aquatic environments.
Foundation grants secured by the museum underwrite about two-thirds of the
cost of each Paddling Ecology trip on the
lake. The final third comes from fees paid
by each student or his school. Many
schools and students cannot afford even
this reduced amount.
Won’t you help us get kids out in canoes to learn about the lake? A sponsorship of $150 will reduce the school/student
cost of a field trip by 50 percent; a sponsorship of $300 will allow eighteen students to participate for free! To sponsor,
please contact Lee Petty at 802-475-2022.
Paddling Ecology is funded in part by the
Vermont Conservation license plate, as well
as grants from the International Paper
Foundation, Lake Champlain Basin Program, WaterWheel Foundation, Goodrich,
and the Sustainable Future Fund.
Fall/Winter ‘02 9
LEARNING ADVENTURES
original painting, Two Gigs—Vergennes, Vermont, went to Bob Hodson of Ferrisburgh,
rowing programs this fall. She will enable Vermont. Second prize, a $750 gift certifiscores of youth and adults for generations cate from Canoe Imports, went to John Tichto come to experience the true meaning onuk of St Albans, Vermont. Third prize, a
of teamwork.
Walden Experience sea kayak from the Small
Boat Exchange, went to Sarah Wesson of
LONGBOATS PROGRAM GROWS
Panton, Vermont. All three of the prizes were
Our Champlain Longboats Community donated and we can’t thank all three conRowing Club has blossomed this season tributors enough as well as all of the raffle
with the addition of the Burlington Ship- ticket purchasers. We raised over $5,000,
which goes a long way toBelow: New rowers learn to wards making this innorow pilot gigs at a Champlain vative community proLongboats demonstration in gram available to all.
Vergennes. Photo by Nina
Bacon. CD SUCCEEDS AGAIN
Notes from . . . Maritime Skills, Outdoor Education
It has been an exceptionally exciting season for outdoor education programs at
LCMM. After a year and a
half of collaborating with
the Community High
School of Vermont, we completed the
construction of a 32-foot pilot gig at the
Northwest State Correctional Center in
St. Albans, Vermont. The
pilot gig Endeavour was donated to The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
in a gala celebration on
August 3 at the Burlington
Shipyard site.
This brings our fleet of
pilot gigs up to four. We
are exceedingly grateful to
Bob Lucenti, Adam Vincellette, and John Cross at
the Community High
School of Vermont, and
particularly to the in- Above: Champlain
mates at the Northwest Discovery, session one, at
State Correctional Center Deep Bay on south Lake
Champlain.
who worked so hard to
complete this beautiful
boat. Endeavour has already been rowed yard to the evening rowing program. Redin two racing events this summer and is wing and Spirit of Otter Creek have gone out
being used constantly in after-school continuously Tuesday evenings at the
Ferrisburgh site as
well.
We are truly excited about the popularity of the rowing
program. I encourage anyone who
wants to experience
the beauty of Lake
Champlain and get a
great workout at the
same time to join us
next year.
The launch and donation of the 32-foot pilot gig Endeavour
We were thrilled
to LCMM’s Champlain Longboats program. Left to right:
with the results of our
Boatbuilding instructors Joe Calnon, Adam Vincellete, and Nick
first Champlain LongPatch, Department of Corrections director John Gorczyk,
boats fund-raising rafNorthwest State Correctional Facility superintendent Steven
Maranville, Department of Corrections education director Bob fle. First prize, the
Lucenti, and Agency of Human Services secretary Jane Kitchel. beautiful Ernie Haas
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Champlain Discovery,
our five-week kayakbuilding and outdooreducation program for
thirteen to sixteen year
olds, had a great season.
Twenty participants
built their own sea kayaks and paddled from
Whitehall, New York, to
Burlington, Vermont.
In addition, four alumni students paddled
from the Maritime Museum in Ferrisburgh
to the Canadian border at Missisquoi Bay.
These teenagers have bragging rights to
having paddled the entire length of Lake
Champlain, not a small accomplishment.
Special thanks to staffers Angella Gibbons, Lloyd Graves, Matt Davis, Angela
Conlan, Cris Toomey, Skip Dewhirst, and
junior staff Vienna Shea and Andy Chugg,
for their hard work and dedication in making Champlain Discovery a success. If you
are interested in participating in Champlain
Discovery next summer, or know anyone
who is, please let us know so we can be
sure to send you information and an application in January.
Finally, our boat-building and Outdoor
Education programs continue to grow and
prosper as we develop new partnerships.
We are truly grateful for the community
support we receive for these programs.
—Nick Patch, Director
LEARNING ADVENTURES
LCMM Meets Henderson FoundaRabble Sheds Light on Mystery
tion 2:1 Challenge. $12,500 on the
T
his year’s Rabble in Arms event, held
in August, marked many milestones.
Not only was it the 225th anniversary of
the Battle of Valcour Island, but it also
marked the 200th year since Benedict
Arnold’s death, and the 10th birthday of
Philadelphia II. The event itself was blessed
both by superb attendance—visitors and
reenactors alike—and wonderful weather.
In addition to all these milestones, we began to gain insight into something that
has puzzled us all since the day Philadelphia II was launched.
All visitors to the 54-foot replica marvel
at how a crew of forty-four lived in the confined space for six weeks. As any of the boat’s
interpreters can tell you, everyone asks the
same question: “Where did they all sleep?”
Until this year’s Rabble event, we could only
speculate about sleeping arrangements and
other conditions the crew endured.
But after the museum closed on Saturday that weekend, a full crew of volunteer
reenactors began a fifteen-hour odyssey on
the boat to shed new light on living conditions. All crew agreed to participate in
the experiment instead of spending the
night in relative comfort on shore. According to tradition we divided the crew into
two watches, a starboard and larboard
(port) watch. One would remain “on”
while the other was allowed to be “off”
for sleeping.
It was proposed that the off-watch be allowed to sleep on the midship gun deck and
in the aft cockpit, while the on-watch occupied the foredeck with the fireplace in the
forward cockpit. This arrangement seemed
logical until the watches changed. Chaos
quickly ensued as twenty-one people were
rousted from sleep and attempted to pass
the other twenty-one in the middle of boat
barely fifteen feet wide. It took great effort to get resettled. In hindsight, it’s likely
that the on- and off-watches were dispersed about the boat and were not required to move when switching watches.
It was truly a marvel to see the decks
sprawled with people. No one strung a
hammock. People simply laid out wool
blankets on the deck, every nook and
cranny occupied by a body. The officers’
quarterdeck aside, there was literally not
one square foot unoccupied. To make way
forward or aft invariably meant stepping
on some body part, marked by a groan
from the recipient.
We will almost certainly never know
exactly what it was like for those in Arnold’s
fleet on Lake Champlain in the weeks and
months leading up to the
battle, and that’s probably a
good thing. How many people
would be game for trying this
in October with a case of dysentery or the itch? But fortyfour people can now say they
have a much better understanding of what the original crew
experienced.
By experimenting with
Philadelphia II at this year’s
Rabble event, we added much
to our understanding about
Arnold’s fleet and the condiCourse: Building the Annapolis Wherry
tions in which they lived. Our
Look like fun? You bet it is! Check out
thanks to all the reenactors
our 2002 Course and Workshop sched- who dedicated their time and
ule at www. lcmm.org or call 475-2022 energy into making Rabble in
Arms a success once again.h
to request a schedule.
2002 Courses and Workshops!
way for Champlain Longboats!
LCMM is pleased to announce it has
succeeded in raising $25,000 in gifts and
grants for Champlain Longboats from new
donors or previous donors who have increased their contributions. Meeting the
2:1 challenge qualifies the museum for
the first of two annual grants of $12,500
from the A. D. Henderson Foundation.
The release of the second grant is contingent upon the museum raising another $25,000. We extend special thanks
to the following donors whose new and
increased gifts contributed to the match:
Concept II Corporation, French Foundation, Al Stiles, Turrell Fund, Vergennes
Union High School and Alternative Education Program.
Outreach Gears Up
LCMM’s incredibly popular winter outreach program is gearing up for another
busy season. When the exhibit doors close,
the education team hits the road, bringing quality programming to area schools.
Over the past several years, schools
throughout Vermont, New York, and Quebec have discovered the important role that
LCMM can play in continuing an interactive and lively learning environment in the
classroom. Not only is the quality of the
programming top-notch, but we offer it absolutely free! How do we do it? With the
support of the community. Area businesses
and foundations rally on our behalf, providing schools with the means to bring
these programs into the classroom.
If you or your business would like to
sponsor programs for schools in your area,
please contact Lee Petty or Jane Vincent.
We need your support!
Outreach Programs include: Cannons,
Caissons, and Captain Rue; Lake Sailor;
What’s on the Bottom of Lake Champlain?; 18th-Century Man; Sailors and
Smugglers: The War of 1812; Ship Shape.
Education kits and video tapes available for rental. To book your program or
obtain a full brochure with program descriptions, call (802) 475-2022.
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GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
Community Partners Save Historic 1815 House
L
CMM, partnering with the King Street
Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation, Preservation Trust of Vermont, and the
Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul
Foundation, has succeeded in purchasing
the circa 1815 “Captain White House” (formerly known as Chicken Bone Café) at 43
King Street in Burlington’s historic waterfront district. The museum will demolish
the building’s “ell” to make room for a
single family home built by Habitat for Humanity, then restore the façade to its original appearance. The interior of the structure will be renovated for use as a classroom, community meeting space, and nonprofit organization offices.
The museum’s interest in the Captain
White House stems from its significance
both as a critical link to the early maritime
history of Burlington and Lake Champlain,
and as one of the city’s oldest structures and
best surviving examples of wooden Federalstyle architecture. It is listed in the National
Register as a contributor to the Battery Street
Historic District.
Its historical associations also have
Wish List
♦ Air conditioner (window-style)
♦ Computer workstation
♦ Dictionary for the Education
Department
♦ Donor to fund acquisition of
unique and unexpected items for
collections
♦ Folding tables (5-6 feet)
♦ Laptop computers
♦ Scanner (handheld)
♦ Van (15-passenger)
♦ 4WD pickup truck or SUV
♦ Wheelchair with pneumatic tires
♦ Filing cabinets (3 or 4 drawer)
♦ Metal shelving
♦ Commercial vacuum cleaners
♦ Thermometers, barometers,
♦ Anemometers
Please contact Lee or Jane in the Development Office if you can make any of
LCMM’s wishes come true. (802) 4752022 Ext. 103 or 105; [email protected].
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great significance. In the early 1800s when
everything that moved went by boat, and
Lake Champlain was the only highway,
the Captain White House, located one
block from the main wharf, was a major
component of maritime industry, interstate and international trade, and Burlington’s residential landscape. Over the
years, it was owned by such important
players in the history of Burlington and
Lake Champlain as Thaddeus Tuttle, John
Pomeroy, Robert White, Gideon King,
Horatio Gates, Dan Lyon, and Henry
Rolfe. Today it stands as a witness to the
prominence of Burlington in the earliest
days of the nineteenth century: its harbor,
its industries, and its people.
LCMM is grateful to Fred Bay and the
Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul
Foundation for providing core funding for
this project, and to the Chittenden Bank
Community Fund, Vermont Conservation
and Housing Board, Oakland Foundation,
Bob Beach, Jr., Art Cohn, Philip Drumheller, Ernie Pomerleau, and Bill Sperry.
The museum is pleased to have had the
opportunity to partner with the Preservation Trust of Vermont, King Street Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation,
Habitat for Humanity, and City of Burlington in this effort designed to preserve the
historic identity of the King Street neighborhood, improve the quality of life of its
residents, increase the economic vitality
of Burlington’s waterfront district and advance the revitalization of “downtown”
Burlington. Beyond all that, having a yearround classroom and meeting space in
Burlington will ensure that LCMM can
build upon the successes of its Burlington Shipyard and Schooner-building
project and extend the reach of its humanities programs to both children and
adults in Chittenden County.h
LCMM donors, members,
and volunteers will be recognized in our 2001 Annual
Report due out in March.
Don’t miss it!
LCMM
Capital Campaign
to secure the future of the
museum and its critical
mission
(1998-2002)
Navigating a steady course
to $3,745,000
Raised to date in gifts and
pledges: $3,311,923!
Endowment for LCMM’s future:
Goal: $2,000,000
Raised: $1,426,120
New construction at LCMM:
$746,798 raised; goal exceeded
Burlington Schooner Project:
Goal: $1,000,000
Raised: $629,505
Excellence:
$509,500 raised; goal exceeded
Please help us reach our goal by
April 2002!
For more information contact the
LCMM Development Office
802-475-2022 (x105) or
[email protected].
COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITS
Coast Guard Tower Arrives at LCMM
A
s part of a program to upgrade aids
to navigation on Lake Champlain,
the United States Coast Guard has decommissioned nine light towers that have
served Lake Champlain since the 1930s.
These structures, which consist of steel
girder frames on concrete bases, supporting identifying markers, and automated
beacons, will be replaced by modern navigational aids. The towers, which have been
declared eligible for the National Register
of Historic Places, are being demolished
or removed to alternate locations.
The light tower donated to Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, known as
Whitehall Narrows Light 9, stood at
Benson, Rutland County, Vermont. Light
9 was constructed around 1930 on an offshore base of wooden cribbing. A concrete
pad supported the bolted sheet-steel tank
house onto which was mounted a structural steel tower, topped with a beacon. The
tank house once contained fuel for the
original acetylene gas-powered-beacon. In
more recent years, the beacon consisted of
a solar battery-powered modern green plastic lens. Two square, green dayboards
marked with the number 9 were mounted
atop the tower facing north and south.
The light tower is a dramatic addition
to LCMM’s collection, illustrating a recent
chapter in the story of the aids to naviga-
LCMM Acquires 1947 Chris-Craft
B
ill Austin’s favorite memories were of
exhilarating rides in his family’s 1947
Chris-Craft Runabout Spider on a lake near
where he grew up. In 1998, Bill was able to
purchase an identical Chris-Craft Deluxe
from Ray Unsworth, of Shelburne, Vermont.
Bill wanted the boat to be exactly like
his family’s original Spider. With the help
of Myndy Woodruff of the Antique and
Classic Boat Society, Bill undertook a
stem-to-stern restoration. The 131-horsepower, tri-carb engine was rebuilt, down
to original-style cloth-covered plug wires.
Pat Powell restored the instruments. The
hull was stripped, detailed, and refinished
with sixteen coats of Ephifanes varnish;
trim was re-chromed, and the interior reupholstered in the correct bright red.
This painstaking attention to detail was
rewarded in 1999 with the Best in Class
Runabout award at the Antique and Classic
Boat Society’s annual show in Burlington.
Bill and Ellen Austin kept the fully restored Spider at Basin Harbor so they could
enjoy outings on Lake Champlain. A
member of the Antique and Classic Boat
Society, Bill made plans before his death
to donate Spider to the Lake Champlain
Maritime Museum. He wanted the public
to be able to enjoy and appreciate this classic boat for years to come.
Thanks to Bill and Ellen Austin, Myndy
Woodruff and their many friends at the Society, the boat was installed at LCMM in time
for the museum’s Small Boat Show in July,
a fitting memorial to Bill and his dream.h
Bill and Ellen Austin enjoying their newly restored 1947 Chris-Craft Runabout Spider.
tion that have guided lake sailors for the
past two centuries. The lake’s first federally funded lighthouse was constructed by
the U. S. Lighthouse Board in 1825, on
Juniper Island, to guide marine traffic in
Burlington Bay. Prior to that time, the only
beacons on the lake were operated privately. With the opening of the Champlain
Canal in 1823 and the vast increase in lake
traffic, the Lighthouse Board and its successor, the Bureau of Lighthouses, began
the ongoing work of constructing, maintaining, and operating the lights.
LCMM expresses deep appreciation to
the U.S. Coast Guard for donating the
tower, to Lt. Chris Lund and Senior Chief
Steudle for coordinating the project, and
to the crew who implemented the move
as scheduled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.h
Acquisitions Reserve
Established
While most additions to LCMM’s
permanent collection are gifts to the
museum, from time to time people contact the museum to let us know about
objects for sale at auction houses and
other sources. This summer, LCMM established a restricted fund that will allow the museum to make occasional
purchases of such material. If you would
like to make an earmarked contribution
to the Acquisitions Reserve, please contact Lee Petty, director of development,
at (802) 475-2022 ext. 105.
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COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITS
Contest Winners
Juried Photography Exhibit at Lake
Through the Lens participants came
Champlain Maritime Museum
from Plattsburgh, New York; Wilming-
B
rass dials gleam against the massive “Lake Champlain Through the Lens.”
machinery of the engine of the steamThe exhibit attracted entries from both
boat Ticonderoga, in “Steamroom,” by Elisa amateur and professional photographers
Nelson of Burlington, Vermont, chosen as from New York, Massachusetts, and Ver“Best in Show.” A
mont. Judges inmysterious face
cluded Jerry Lelooms in a cloud forBlond of Rutland,
mation above the
Vermont, former
wintry lake in “Spirit
president of Verof the Lake,” a
mont Professional
Judge’s Pick award
Photographers’ Aswinner taken by
sociation; Nancy
Janet Seaburg of VerBattaglia, of Lake
gennes, Vermont. A
Placid, New York, a
joyful dog races into
free-lance photogthe
water
in
rapher who special“Splash!,” by Heidi
izes in outdoor
Weston of Colchessports, recreation,
ter, Vermont, anand Adirondack
other the Judge’s
subjects; and Trent
Pick award winner.
Campbell of MidWhat do these
dlebury, Vermont,
images have in comstaff photographer
mon? They are
for the Addison
among a group of
County Independent,
forty-three photoand widely recoggraphs, representing
nized for his disBest in show: Steamroom, by Elisa Nelson.
the many moods
tinctive views of Adand seasons of Lake Champlain, that were dison County subjects.
on view at the Lake Champlain Maritime
Awards and comments from the
Museum in Basin Harbor, Vermont, judges were included in the exhibition.
through October 14. All were entries in Visitors also cast their votes for the
the annual juried photography exhibit, People’s Choice Award.h
ton, Massachusetts; and Addison, Burlington, Charlotte, Colchester, Cornwall,
Jericho, Panton, Ripton, Rutland, St.
Albans and Vergennes, Vermont.
Amateur, Boats, Color
First Place: Elisa Nelson
Second Place: R. Paul Smith
Third Place: Robert I. Tepper
Honorable mentions: Robert Tepper; David
Nelson.
Other exhibitors in this category: Hilda P. Billings; Judy K. Langeway; Deborah B. Wroth; Heidi
Weston
Amateur, Boats, Black and White:
Honorable mention: Dutch Huff
Professional, Boats, Digital
First Place: Clark Overton
Second Place: Clark Overton
Professional, Boats, Color
Honorable mention: David A. Juaire
Professional, Scenic, Digital
First, Second and Third Places: Clark Overton
Professional, Scenic, Color
Honorable mention: David A. Juaire
Other exhibitor in this category: Robin E. LittleLeBeau
Amateur, Still Life, Color
Honorable mention: Robert I. Tepper
Other exhibitor in this category: Larry B. Clark
Amateur, Pets, Color
First Place: Heidi Weston
Second Place and Judge’s Pick: Heidi Weston
Other exhibitor in this category: Kristin Seaburg
Amateur, Scenic, Color
First Place and Judge’s Pick: Janet Seaburg
Second Place: Heidi Weston
Honorable mentions: Deborah B. Wroth;
Robert I. Tepper
Other exhibitors in this category: Hilda P. Billings; Dutch Huff; Vienna Shea; Peggy Whitson
The Vermont Museum and Gallery
Alliance sponsored a training workshop
for Past Perfect collection management
software at LCMM. Participants came
from Plattsburgh, New York, and from
Montpelier, Bakersfield, Shelburne,
Vergennes and Middlebury, Vermont. The
workshop, led by Brian Gomez,
operations manager of Pastime Software
Co., included a site tour and visit to
LCMM’s collection management area as
well as hands-on software training.
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PEOPLE
Eddy Attends Administration Seminar
Laurie Eddy, COO at Basin Harbor, was opportunity for participants to become
selected as one of eighteen participants in aware of the most recent trends in their
the 43rd Annual Seminar for Historical profession and to build networks with
Administration (SHA), held at Cotheir colleagues and the commulonial Williamsburg, from Octonity. To be a graduate of SHA is a
ber 27 to November 16, 2001.
mark of achievement for history
Members of this year’s group repprofessionals.
resent fourteen states, Canada, and
Laurie comments, “I am honSweden.
ored to have been chosen as a parSHA programs are designed to
ticipant in SHA. The tools, skills,
develop and strengthen leadership
knowledge, and resources that I
within the museum community. Laurie Eddy gain during this three-week expeThe intensive three-week program
rience will strengthen my ability
will engage Laurie in case studies, work- to meet the challenges of my position as
shops, field trips, and forums addressing COO at the Maritime Museum.”
current trends in museum management,
SHA is sponsored by the American Asfinances, marketing, leadership, human sociation for State and Local History
resources, trustee relations, law, ethics, (AASLH), Colonial Williamsburg Foundahistoric preservation, evaluation, educa- tion, American Association of Museums,
tion and interpretation, and technology. National Park Service, and National Trust
The seminar provides an unsurpassed for Historic Preservation.
Staff News . . .
Congratulations to Nautical Archaeologist Adam Kane, who won the $5,000 cash
grand prize at LCMM’s 2001 Gala Raffle
. . . On November 1, LCMM welcomed
Mimi Clark as its new director of education. Mimi, who comes to LCMM from
Shelburne Museum where she has been
the family-and-school program coordinator since 1994, will be responsible for all
aspects of the museum’s educational programming. Mimi is a highly motivated
and skilled professional educator whose
Photos: Laurie Eddy
Sheila and Bill Schwaneflugel with baby Angus.
experience
includes coordinating
school programs, supervising
summer
childrens’ activities, organizing special event
Amanda Spencer and Rob
wo r k s h o p s
Wilczynski with baby Gavin. and
programs, and designing “Touch and Learn”
interactive exhibits. Mimi, husband Tim,
and son Ben make their home in Waltham
. . . Director of Exhibits and Collections
Eloise Beil presented an exhibit of her
own recent oil paintings entitled Waking
Visions and Remembered Dreams during the
month of September at the Cathedral
Church of Saint Paul in Burlington . . .
Look for a full listing of LCMM staff in
the 2001 Annual Report due out in March.
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum celebrates the arrival of future LCMM members
. . . Angus Boyd Schwaneflugel, born June
29, 2001, to Sheila (director of marketing
In transition . . .
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
extends deepest sympathy to the
families of these special members and
supporters:
Lois W. Abell
of Burlington, Vermont
Member since 1987
Alice Story Biache
of Alexandria, Virginia
Member since 1999
William Gredick
of Woodbury, New York, and Basin Harbor, Vermont
Life Member and Friend of the Museum
John E. Keyes
of Shelburne, Vermont
Member since 1990, Friend of the Museum
Robert A. Sincerbeaux
of Woodstock, Vermont
Supporter since Philadelphia Project
John B. Stearns
of Panton, Vermont
Member since 1996
Frederick J. Valiquette
of Malletts Bay, Vermont
Retired Lake Champlain Transportation
Company maintenance supervisor
whose stories about Lake Champlain’s
past entertained and enlightened museum researchers
& visitor services) & Bill Schwaneflugel, 6
pounds, 5 ounces, 18 inches . . . Gavin Spencer Wilczynski, born August 20, 2001, to
Amanda Spencer & Rob (Conservation Lab
technician/interpreter) Wilczynski, 6
pounds, 14 ounces, 20 inches . . .
Rory Anabel
Elson Patch,
Born September 8, 2001, to
Judy Elson &
Nick (director
of boat-building and outdoor education) Patch,
8 pounds, 6
ounces, 20 inNick Patch with baby Rory.
ches.
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LAKELCMM
CHAMPLAIN
2000 - MARITIME
SPECIAL EVENTS
MUSEUM
Shop the Gateway Store online!
Visit our New Web Site at lcmm.org
Our attractive and easy-to-use new Web
site is up and running! You’ll find the new
site full of stunning images and helpful
information about the Museum at Basin Harbor, the Burlington Shipyard, and the
Maritime Research Institute.
And the site is secure, so
you can safely purchase or renew a membership, register
for courses and workshops,
buy gifts, or contribute to the
museum.
may have it in stock!
You’ll also find Stoddard’s 1893 map
of Lake Champlain and a wonderful
NEW WEB SITE FEATURES
MUSEUM STORE ONLINE!
For great holiday gifts, visit
the Gateway museum store
online. (Choose “Museum at
Basin Harbor,” then “Store.”)
You’ll find new books, prints
and maps, as well as some of
our favorite toys, gifts, apparel, and other
items. Don’t miss the sale section, where
you’ll find top-quality items at reduced
prices!
The store offers a fantastic selection of
books relating to the stories of Lake Champlain and its people, such as Ralph Nading
Hill’s Key to Liberty. Have a particular book
in mind that you can’t locate on the Web
site? Give us a call at 802-475-2022. We
You’ll be sure to find a gift for everyone on your list at our Gateway Museum
Store online.
poster showing a timeline and illustrations of the steamboats that once plied
Lake Champlain. Our apparel selection
includes handsome Schooner Project Tshirts, sweatshirts, and hats for adults and
kids. Looking for an elegant gift for a special friend or co-worker? Check out the
Compass Rose glass bowl from Mystic
Seaport. Delight your budding scuba diver
with our wonderful “Dive Gear” for kids!
Other features of the new
Web site include:
● Easy navigation using
drop-down menus.
● A virtual tour of exhibits
and collections at Basin Harbor.
● The latest news on the activities of the Burlington Shipyard.
● Information on nautical
archaeology fieldwork and research.
● A calendar and descriptions of our seasonal special
events.
● Educational resource pages and curriculum guides.
● Descriptions of our learning adventures including Champlain Discovery,
Champlain Longboats, programs for school
groups , Courses and Workshops, and
Summer Kids Programs.
● Information on how to become involved in the museum as a volunteer,
member or donor.
Non-Profit
U.S. Postage
PAID
4472 Basin Harbor Road
Vergennes, Vermont 05491
802-475-2022 / www.lcmm.org
Permit No. 108
Burlington, VT
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