A Stereopticon Tour of Lake Champlain’s Steamboat Graveyard

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Exploring the Maritime Archaeology of the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain Valley: Ongoing Research", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Between 2014 and 2016 four steamboat wrecks sunk near one another off Shelburne Point in Lake Champlain underwent surveys and preliminary recording. Comparison of archaeological and historical data allowed identification of the four. The historical evidence included a remarkable series of stereopticon images taken of the steamer graveyard in the mid-1860s showing the location and extent of the wrecks. This presentation will review the stereo photos and highlight their contributions to our archaeological analysis of the site.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2024   •
• Exploring the Maritime Archaeology of the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain Valley: Ongoing Research

Keywords

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Nicole Haddow