People Who Shaped the History of Lake Champlain
The history of Lake Champlain is rich and varied due to its key location. From pre-colonial civilizations, through the military history of the French and Indian, Revolutionary War and The War of 1812 and through the commercial and recreational …
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Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor
Willard Sterne Randall (Author)
There are some names that stand out in the history of Lake Champlain and the Champlain Valley: Samuel de Champlain, Robert Rogers, Ira and Ethan Allen, Thomas Macdonough and Benedict Arnold. All are thought of as heroes to …
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The Naval War of Benedict Arnold
By Mike Burleson
The later treason of Benedict Arnold cannot disguise the fact that early in the Revolutionary War he was one of Washington's most effective generals. At the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, considered by historians as the turning point in the war …
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Who was this man for whom Lake Champlain is named?
Samuel de Champlain was an explorer, geographer and colonizer. He was born in 1567 in Brouage, a village on the Bay of Biscay. As a captain of a Spanish sailing ship, serving under Don Francisco Colombo, he visited the Spanish West Indies and …
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