Elizabeth Lee wrote a wonderful essay extolling the similarities between Montmartre in Paris and the Champlain Valley for the Champlain Area Trails Travel Writing Contest. Lee's "This Could Be Montmartre" gives a beautiful comparison between the park and staircase of Montmartre … [Read more...] about This Could Be Montmartre
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Adirondack Futures Workshop
Sunday, May 6 from 1-5pm At the Whallonsburg Grange Hall "Imagine six different, divergent futures for the Park . . . 25 years from now. Everyone welcome. No registration fee. This scenario-planning workshop will help participants develop a vision for what our region … [Read more...] about Adirondack Futures Workshop
Split Rock
Split Rock is a geographical monument steeped in history and heritage, and of course natural beauty, located in Lake Champlain's Whallons Bay in Essex, NY. The place we call Split Rock is just a small protrusion from Split Rock Mountain that is in the Split Rock Mountain Wild … [Read more...] about Split Rock
Looking Home | Champlain Area Trails
Stites McDaniel is the director of Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center and his experience in the outdoors prompted him to enter the Champlain Area Trails Travel Writing contest. One of the contest's finalists, McDaniel's entry "Looking Home" compels an almost … [Read more...] about Looking Home | Champlain Area Trails
Wildlife, Connected In and Out of Town
Every week since January 2011, Westport ninth-grader Peter Hartwell and mentor David Thomas Train have been exploring the Champlain Area Trails and observing every nook and cranny for evidence of wildlife and their actions. Those explorations eventually prompted them to enter the … [Read more...] about Wildlife, Connected In and Out of Town