Island Getaway

Island Getaway

by | Jul 18, 2020 | April 2020, Travel

Walk on water to Valcour, where history and natural beauty are the main attractions Photograph by Nancie Battaglia Is it safe? It’s a rational question. The thought of stepping out onto a vast expanse of ice, which not long ago was an inland sea of liquid water—really...
A Merman’s Tale

A Merman’s Tale

by | Nov 5, 2019 | Guide to the Great Outdoors 2013

Illustration by Mark Wilson Weird, watery adventures on Lake Champlain Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life’s 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our archives—one for each year since 1970. In 2013 Leath Tonino, author of The Animal...
Derby Days

Derby Days

by | Jun 17, 2019 | June 2019, Recreation

A family tradition on Lake Champlain I don’t remember when I first learned how to hold a fishing rod. By the time I had learned to walk, my father already had me standing on the dock, pulling up panfish with him. There are generations of fishermen in our lineage, so...
The Battle of Plattsburgh

The Battle of Plattsburgh

by | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized

The most decisive victory of the War of 1812 occurred on the waters of Cumberland Bay on the west shore of Lake Champlain. Before the contending navies settled the fate of a threatened invasion of the Champlain Valley, the British negotiators at Ghent had called for...