Every week we share a different image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. The last image we shared is shown above, although we shared without it's caption. When do you think this old postcard dates to? Can you … [Read more...] about Vintage Image: Steamboat Dock at St. Albans Bay
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Vintage Postcard: Steamboat
Every week we share a different image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. What do you think of this postcard and the ship featured on it? Can you tell us anything about it? Here's what the community had to … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Steamboat
Ticonderoga Historical Society Receives Corridor of Commerce Grant
The Ticonderoga Historical Society has been awarded a $5,000 Corridor of Commerce Grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership. The grant will fund the creation of a website and student writing competition to commemorate the 200th anniversary of steamboat … [Read more...] about Ticonderoga Historical Society Receives Corridor of Commerce Grant
Vintage Photo: Ticonderoga Steam Ship
Every Monday we share a vintage image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Last week we shared the photo of the ship Ticonderoga above. (Thanks to Susie Drinkwine for sharing it with us!) Do you recognize this … [Read more...] about Vintage Photo: Ticonderoga Steam Ship
Steamboats and The Champlain Canal
In the early decades of the 1800s stately sloops were joined on Lake Champlain by an increasing number of steamboats, an efficient new maritime technology offering speed and improved upwind navigational ability. Lake Champlain quickly became a bustling shipping highway, and Essex … [Read more...] about Steamboats and The Champlain Canal