The Arnold's Bay Project: Introduction and Background

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Arnold's Bay Project" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In October of 1776 a tiny bay on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain was the site of the final encounter of the three-day Revolutionary War Battle on Lake Champlain. In this location, formerly known as Ferris Bay, five colonial vessels, under the command of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, were burned to deny their capture by the pursuing British fleet. Arnold and the surviving vessel crews escaped overland while under fire from the British vessels. The Arnold’s Bay Project is an American Battlefield Protection Program funded examination of this site with a goal of delineating the battlefield through in-water and terrestrial survey. This paper will present the background history and previous archaeology of Arnold’s Bay as well as outlining the overall project goals, field methods, collaborators and community outreach efforts.

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