Paddling through the past UPDATE!
Paddling through the Past is a multi-disciplinary archaeological project designed to investigate the role of waterways in the French colonial period. Their mission is to document the landscape archaeology of the Champlain valley and raise awareness of the need for heritage stewardship of the Lake Champlain/Richelieu Corridor. Here are a few excerpts from Andrew Beaupre's journey paddling Lake Champlain and for more information check out his blog! http://paddlingthroughthepast.blogspot.com/ Day one: Aug 7 Finally, the trip has begun. Given the expected weather, we decided to truncate the first day travel and begin at the Chimney Point State Historic Site and make the short one mile paddle to DAR State Park . I had never been to the park before and was very pleasantly surprised. They put us up in the paddlers campsite a mere 1000 feet from the lake shore. The trail to the site takes one past ...