Essex on Lake Champlain | Community Blog for Essex, New York

Monitor Lake Champlain: Blue-Green Algae & Invasives

The Lake Champlain Committee is dedicated to protecting Lake Champlain. They recently created a pledge to protect the Lake Champlain so you can learn how to protect the lake too! But you can do more than just take the pledge and practice environmentally safe actions; you can volunteer to help patrol the lake for the committee! Right now they are looking for more volunteers to help monitor the lake for blue-green algae and other problematic … [Continue Reading]

Essex Farm Tour

Would you like to take a tour of Essex Farm? Get your chance this summer on May, 11! May is plowing and planting season. Weather permitting, we'll hitch some horses and see what horse-powered tillage looks like. We tour the fields and barnyard together from 10 until noon, then have a potluck lunch. In the afternoon, you are free to explore the remote parts of the farm on your own, or join Mark for a walk or a work project. All the tours … [Continue Reading]

Depot Theatre Gallery’s Julie Warren Reception & Internships Announced

The Depot Theatre is a professional theatre company located in a functioning train station built in 1876. This year they are celebrating their 35th Anniversary! The theatre is a beacon for the arts; along with all of the theatre productions put on here, another popular event hosted at the theatre are art galleries featuring local artists! Depot Theatre Gallery Reception for Artist Julie Warren The Depot Theatre Gallery will host an opening … [Continue Reading]

Lakeside School: Earth Day with the Première Année

Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade (soon to be 2nd grade) education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Earth Day with Première Année The first grade spent the afternoon of Earth Day picking up dêchets and canettes (trash and cans) along the lower part of Cook Road. Along the way we discovered a well worn animal trail, and an old farm dump with many more bottles to pick up on … [Continue Reading]

View of Essex, NY from North (Stereoview)

Vintage Stereoview: View of Essex from North

It’s time for another vintage Essex, NY, image! This is the fourth in a series of stereoviews that we have recently acquired. This historic image shows us a hill top view of the picturesque hamlet long before paved roads became the common in the area. The dirt road lined with low stone walls/fences visible in the photo is today's Lakeshore Road. The photograph gives us a view of Essex and its main bay from the north. The … [Continue Reading]

Joe Call, the Lewis Giant

Joe Call, The Lewis Giant by Maitland C. De Sormo is a short biography of a 19th century strongman living in the Champlain Valley. He was known in his heyday as the "Modern Hercules" and the "Lewis Giant" and was recognized for performing several feats of spectacular strength. How much of a tall tale the Lewis Giant has become you must determine for yourself. Exploits of the Lewis Giant In 1781, Joseph Call was born into a family of … [Continue Reading]