The Champlain Canal: 200 Years of Change

Matt Harrison with the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will give a talk about his contribution to the Maritime Museum's newly published anthology, The Champlain Canal: 200 Years of Change. This new book features chapters by historians, archeologists, and biologists on the past and present evolutions of the Champlain Canal which celebrated its bicentennial in 2023. Matt's talk will focus on early tourism on the waters of the canal and on Lake Champlain, in particular the accounts of two women travelers who recorded their vacations along the canal in the 1890s -- Florence Snedeker and Augusta Brown.
The production of this anthology was supported by a generous grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership.
This event is free and open to the public.

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