Grand Isle County (County) (Geographic Keyword)
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Phase I, II, and III investigations of a multicomponent precontact site on Isle la Motte, VT, one of several small islands in the widest part of Lake Champlain. Includes pottery analysis and components dating to the Late Archaic, Middle Woodland, and Late Woodland/Contact periods.
Valcour Bay Research Project: 1999-2002 Results from the Archaeological Investigation of a Revolutionary War Battlefield in Lake Champlain, Clinton County, New York (Legacy 02-162)
This report discusses a project to map and otherwise document a submerged Revolutionary War battlefield where General Benedict Arnold intentionally destroyed five of his own vessels to deprive the British of battle prizes. The project was designed to systematically map the submerged Valcour Island battlefield while providing sport divers a way to channel their interest in history and archaeology into a formally permitted project.