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    • History Under the Waves: The General Butler

      History Under the Waves: The General Butler

      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.

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    • History Under the Waves: The Champlain II

      History Under the Waves: The Champlain II

      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.

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    • History Under the Waves: The Sarah Ellen

      History Under the Waves: The Sarah Ellen

      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.

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    • History Under the Waves: The Phoenix

      History Under the Waves: The Phoenix

      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.

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    • History Under the Waves: The Gunboat Spitfire

      History Under the Waves: The Gunboat Spitfire

      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.

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