Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Thank you to Robert Strickhart for sharing the photo above with us! Do you recognize this building in Essex, NY? When do you think the photo was … [Read more...] about Vintage Photo: Residence of B.C. Townsend
Koert Burnham
So You’ve Never Heard of Wollastonite? (Adirondack Life)
"WHEN A MAN NAMED KOERT BURNHAM uncovered deposits of the mineral wollastonite in the Adirondacks nearly 50 years ago, it was no earth-shaking event. Nobody got up and cheered. The existence of wollastonite, a form of calcium metasilicate named for William Hyde Wollastone, an … [Read more...] about So You’ve Never Heard of Wollastonite? (Adirondack Life)
Split Rock Yacht Club
The Split Rock Yacht Club (SRYC) is located at the Crater Club's Burnham's Landing in Essex, NY. "Adjacent to the Crater Club dock, the Split Rock Yacht Club, a small informal club, sponsors weekly sailing races during mid-summer. For the past 60 years, the Club has followed the … [Read more...] about Split Rock Yacht Club