Lake Champlain Underwater Cultural Resources Survey - Volume IV: 1999 Results and Volume V: 2000 Results

Author(s): Adam I. Kane; Christopher Sabick

Year: 2001

Summary

Some of the information in this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R). In May of 2013, Digital Antiquity curators found a digital copy of the report and added it to the record along with additional metadata for the general descriptive information about the report. The following text is from the Abstract of the report.

The introduction of zebra mussels in the early 1990s and the inevitable approaching infestation of quagga mussels seriously threaten Lake Champlain's underwater cultural resources. These non-native aquatic nuisance species endanger the preservation of submerged cultural resources, obscure them, and hinder their documentation and study. Mussel colonies also threaten to degrade underwater cultural resources physically as a result of their weight and corrosive action. As of this writing, no effective means to protect underwater historic resources from the impact of zebra and quagga mussels has been found.

In studying this issue, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum determined that one positive reaction to the situation would be to locate and document Lake Champlain’s currently unknown underwater cultural resources. Once this task is completed, it will then be possible to develop a comprehensive management plan for the sites. A systematic lakewide survey to locate the submerged resources standing proud of the lake bottom, which began in 1996, was the first step in this multi-year project.

This report on the 1999 and 2000 surveys is part of a series of volumes presenting the results of the Lake Champlain Underwater Cultural Resources Survey, also known as the Lake Survey. The first volume in this series (McLaughlin and Lessmann 1998) supplied an extensive general background on the history of Lake Champlain and archaeology that has taken place in the lake, while the second and third volumes (Sabick et al. 2000) focused on the history and archaeology pertaining only to the areas covered by the 1997 and 1998 surveys. The fourth and fifth volumes, contained in this report, present the results from the archaeological and historical investigations in the 1999 and 2000 survey areas. Additionally, this report includes the results of the conservation of a War of 1812 anchor from Plattsburgh Bay, New York and the archaeological investigation of colonial vessel CV- 2 in Northern Lake George, New York. This volume was developed after extensive background research, fieldwork, and the collection of a wide range of primary and secondary sources. These investigations have been integrated into this comprehensive document, providing information that can eventually contribute toward the management of Lake Champlain's underwater cultural resources.

Cite this Record

Lake Champlain Underwater Cultural Resources Survey - Volume IV: 1999 Results and Volume V: 2000 Results. Adam I. Kane, Christopher Sabick. Vergennes, Vermont: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. 2001 ( tDAR id: 253059) ; doi:10.6067/XCV82R3SHX

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URL: http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/shipwrecks_history.htm


Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic

Material
Building Materials • Glass • Metal • Wood

Site Name
CV-2 Wreck • Diamond Island Stone Boat • Pot Ash Point Canal Boat • VT-AD-1134 • VT-AD-1135 • VT-AD-716 • VT-AD-719 • VT-AD-724 • VT-CH-723 • VT-CH-894 • VT-CH-895 • VT-GI-23 • VT-GI-24 • VT-GI-35 • VT-GI-36 • Wreck AAA: Steel Barge • Wreck AP-1 • Wreck BBB • Wreck BBB: Small Boat • Wreck CC: Water Witch • Wreck CCC: Barge • Wreck DD: Tugboat C.E. Bush • Wreck EE: Mule Wreck • Wreck FF: Champlain II • Wreck GG: Standard Canal Boat • Wreck HH: Small Boat • Wreck II: L.A. Hall • Wreck JJ: Standard Canal Boat • Wreck KK: Houseboat • Wreck LL: Standard Canal Boat • Wreck MM: Railroad Drawboat • Wreck NN: Canal Boat • Wreck OO: Scow • Wreck QQ: Ore Bed Harbor Scow • Wreck RR: Barn Rock Wreck • Wreck SS: Canal- Schooner Troy • Wreck UU: Isle La Motte Canal Sloop • Wreck VV: Standard Canal Boat • Wreck WW: Rouses Point Barge • Wreck XX: Lake Sloop • Wreck YY: L.J.N. Stark • Wreck ZZ: Wooden Barge Show More

Site Type
Shipwreck • Submerged Aircraft • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Systematic Survey

General
Side Scan Sonar Survey • Underwater Archaeological Investigation

Geographic Keywords
50998 (Fips Code) • Basin Harbor, VT • Lake Champlain • North America (Continent) • Northern Lake George • Port Henry, NY • United States of America (Country) • Vermont (State / Territory) • West Port, NY

Temporal Keywords
Early 19th Century to mid-20th Century • War of 1812

Spatial Coverage

min long: -73.477; min lat: 43.965 ; max long: -73.251; max lat: 44.426 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Arthur B. Cohn

Contributor(s): A. Peter Barranco, Jr.; Kevin Crisman; Frederick Fayette; Madelyn Holmes; Patricia L. Manley; Thomas O. Manley; Scott Padeni; David Robinson

Principal Investigator(s): Arthur B. Cohn

Sponsor(s): Lake Champlain Basin Program; New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission; New York State Heritage Trust; Vermont Agency of Transportation; Freeman Foundation; Lintilhac Foundation; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. National Park Service; Vermont Division For Historic Preservation

Repository(s): Nautical Archaeology Center at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Prepared By(s): Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 230564

NADB citation id number(s): 000000283040

Notes

General Note: Sent from: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

General Note: Submitted to: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

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