Westport, New York on Lake Champlain

boat and wild irises at Lee Park Beach

sailboats & birds as the rainstorm moves in

Cardboard boat race at the Westport Marina

The boat race is part of Lobsterfest which the Westport Marina holds on Labor Day Weekends.

Afternoon in Westport

rainbow at the marina

Sailboats at sunset

Vermont Public Radio's History Under the Waves: The Champlain II

From Vermont Public Radio:

History Under the Waves: The Champlain II

Thursday July 30, 2009
Tim Johnson

(HOST)  All this week VPR is looking at five of the many shipwrecks that lie at the bottom of Lake Champlain in our series "History Under the Waves."  Today we hear about The Champlain II.  It was nearly a football field in length and entirely made of wood.  Built in 1868 and originally named the Oakes Ames, it was designed to carry railroad cars across Lake Champlain. 

But it had two careers.  In 1874 the Champlain Transportation Company bought the boat and transformed it into the most opulent, well appointed luxury passenger steamboat on Lake Champlain.   It was renamed the Champlain II. 

Click here for the History Under the Waves photo gallery

On July 16th 1875 the boat left Whitehall, New York, working it's way north on the lake.  It reached Westport New York at 11pm.  Adam Kane, archeologist and Project Manager with the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum picks up the story.  

Boaters write about their Westport voyages

Several boaters who passed through Westport recently have written about their Westport experiences, and also posted a lot of nice pictures of the town.

From Franklin / Peterson 2009 Hudson River Trip: Jim, Bren, Joel, Sue and Watson's Excellent Adventure on Taking Stock and After You

• Into the Lake!
• Westport NY
• Happy 4th of July
• Westport NY on the 4th
• more from Westport...
• Westport NY to Burlington VT

From Jack and Pia's Great Loop Adventure

• The 6th Great Lake
• Mechanicville to Westport, NY on Lake Champlain

In Lake Champlain

Kids swimming at Ballard Park Beach

A kayaker where the creek enters the lake:

sailboats at the marina