STUDENTS ON THE Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Lois McClure learn about how the various ropes manipulate sails on a canal schooner. The public will be able to board the ship this weekend in Vergennes, where it will be docked at the end of a four-month tour.
Photo by Kathleen Carney
VERGENNES — When Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM) officials were planning this year’s four-month trip through New York, Canada and Vermont for the museum’s replica canal schooner, the Lois McClure, there was little debate about the final stop.
The journey through canals, rivers and Lake Ontario, which ends this coming Friday, has recognized the region’s pivotal role in the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States, which had recently won its freedom from the crown — and the 200 years of peace that followed.
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