lake champlain

Just when you think everything has already been found in Lake Champlain she continues to give up more fascinating pieces of history. The Phoenix was an early sidewheel paddle steamer that was built in 1815 by Lake Champlain Steam-boat Company at its shipyard in Vergennes, Vermont. She was the...

This is a really interesting and spooky wreck that I got to dive last Friday. The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM) calls it the "The Mule Wreck" (Wreck EE) due to the large presence of animal bones (mule, horse or cow?) on the deck. Standard Canal Boat "Mule Wreck" (Wreck EE) - Lake...

Last Friday I got a chance to dive this standard canal boat in 185-190ffw. She is largely intact although her hull on the port and starboard sides has started to separate from the deck/gunwale. Areas of white and green paint still adorn the hull and you can almost make out registration numbers...

Last weekend we finally had the perfect fall weather window and were able to do a dive that we have been planning for quite a while. So in honor of Halloween here is the accompanying video from our dive on the wreck of the Sarah Ellen that sits in 300ft of water in Lake Champlain. The Sarah...

I finally got chance to edit some video footage I took a few weeks ago. Although the visibility was poor (only ~10ft or so), the little Sony FDR-X3000 does a decent job in challenging conditions. Despite the marginal visibility and a camera battery that died 15 minutes into the dive I still...

I wanted to share the video from last Friday's dive in Lake Champlain. This wreck is a fantastically preserved example of a sailing canal boat. She is fully intact, cargo of coal still present, mast and tabernacle still on wreck, anchors still stowed on the bow and intact wheel and cabin on the...

I wanted to share a video from last Sunday's dive. This unidentified sailing canal sloop is probably one of the most preserved and pristine wrecks that I've ever dove in Lake Champlain. Artifacts galore. She is a virtual time capsule sitting in approximately 100ffw (30m). Based on her size...

Yesterday we decided to do something a little different than your typical ice dive. We wanted to up the stakes a bit and do something interesting so we dove the wreck of the US La Vallee in Shelburne Bay, Lake Champlain. The La Vallee was 56ft tugboat that was scuttled in 1931. Today she sits...

Hi, I am working on the NAUI scuba diver certification as I type this. I have completed a few resort dives, done some snuba diving in the cenotes and caves in Mexico, and been lucky enough to have a friend with the Historical Diving Society that has put me in an old Mark V, as well as showed me...