history under the waves

History Under the Waves: The General Butler

By Tim Johnson | July 31, 2009

In the final part of our series "History Under the Waves" we learn about the dramatic end of the sailing canal boat General Butler on a cold December night at the Burlington Breakwater in 1876.

History Under the Waves: The Champlain II

By Tim Johnson | July 30, 2009

Today in our series "History Under the Waves" we learn about The Champlain II, a boat that had two carrers before meeting its fate on the side of Split Rock Mountain in 1875.

History Under the Waves: The Sarah Ellen

By Tim Johnson | July 29, 2009

In the third part of our series, "History Under the Waves", the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Art Cohn describes the tragic fate of the schooner, Sarah Ellen in 1860.

History Under the Waves: The Phoenix

By Tim Johnson | July 28, 2009

All this week in our series "History Under the Waves" VPR is looking at five historic wrecks that lie at the bottom of Lake Champlain. Today, we look at the Phoenix. Built in 1815, it was the second commercial steamboat launched on Lake Champlain.

VPR News

History Under the Waves: The Gunboat Spitfire

By Tim Johnson | July 27, 2009

In the first part of our series "History Under The Waves" we look at the Gunboat Spitfire, a part of Benedict Arnold’s fleet of ships assigned the task of repeling the British as they advanced down Lake Champlain in 1776.