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1909 - Scenes Along the Lake that Champlain Discovered.
1. Corlear Bay near Port Kent 2. Portion of the rugged western shore 3. A glimpse of the lake from Bluff Point
Samuel de Champlain
Explorer Samuel de Champlain at the age of forty and the age of sixty-five.
Top: Champlain's Astrolabe
Top: Champlain's Astrolabe. It is supposed to have been lost by him on his first journey up the Ottawa River in 1633 and was found in 1867.
The Don de Dieu
Replica of Champlain's Caravel, the Don de Dieu.
Top: The Royal Savage
Top: The Royal Savage, one of Benedict Arnold's ships lost in an encounter with a British fleet off Valcour Island, October 11, 1776.
Hull of Benedict Arnold's Schooner
Recovering the hull of Benedict Arnold's Schooner Revenge from the bottom of Lake Champlain in winter, when the ice made the work easier.
Cumberland Bay
Naval battle of Cumberland Bay
Commodore Thomas MacDounough, U.S.N.
Reproduction of Commodore Thomas MacDounough, U.S.N., the hero of the naval battle of Cumberland Bay, Lake Champlain.
Top: Ethan Allen
Top: Early graphicof Ethan Allen "The Hero of Fort Ticonderoga."
The Ruins at Fort Ticonderoga
Replica of a painting by Thomas Cole of the ruins at Fort Ticonderoga.

