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Celebrating Champlain400

We broadcast live from ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington.  Guests include David Hackett Fischer, author of Champlain’s Dream, and Mary Watzin, a lake researcher at UVM.  And, we learn more about the indigenous celebration underway.

Morning Newscast: December 29, 2008

Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Many Vermont real estate professionals are hoping a drop in mortgage interest rates will spur a wave of home buying in early spring.  Vermont’s neighbor to the north is celebrating a very big birthday this year. Quebec City is 400…

Exhibit marks Champlain exploration

Vermont’s neighbor to the north is celebrating a very big birthday this year. Quebec City is 400. From Washington, Elizabeth Wynne Johnson has this story about the 17th Century French explorer who founded the city, and his legacy on both sides of the US-Canada border.
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Interview: Caro Thompson on “Champlain: The Lake Between”

In 2009, Vermont is commemorating the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s voyage to the lake that is named after him. The native people who lived around the lake called it "the Lake Between." And it’s the history of those people, the European explorers, and their first 150 years together that film maker Caro Thompson explores in a new documentary.

Maritime Museum boat will join Quebec anniversary, launch Champlain’s 400th

In a few weeks, a reproduction of a 19th century boat that plied the waters of Lake Champlain will set sail for Quebec City. The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s replica canal schooner, the Lois McClure, will visit Quebec to help mark the city’s 400th anniversary. As VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports, the festivities in Quebec also start the observation of a big anniversary in the Champlain Valley.