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)
Summary
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.
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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). ( tDAR id: 467977) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8467977
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Keywords
Culture
Euroamerican
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Historic
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Artifact Scatter
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Shipwreck
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Water-Related
Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey
General
Archaeological Investigation
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Battlefield
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General Benedict Arnold
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Lake Champlain
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Mapping
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Revolutionary War
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Underwater Archaeology
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Valcour Island
Geographic Keywords
Lake Champlain
Temporal Keywords
American Revolutionary War
Spatial Coverage
min long: -73.512; min lat: 44.407 ; max long: -72.939; max lat: 44.978 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): OSD Cultural Resources Program
Prepared By(s): Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
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Valcour Bay Research Project: 1999-2002 Results from the Archaeological Investigation of a Revolutionary War Battlefield in Lake Champlain, Clinton County, New York - Report (Legacy 02-162) (2003)
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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.