LAKE CHAMPLAIN VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY:
Bringing History Home
JOIN US IN LEARNING ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE CHAPTER OF VERMONT
HISTORY!
WHO: Chimney Point State Historic Site
and Vermont Division for Historic Preservation with the
University of Maine at Farmington Archaeology Research Center
Vermont Public Television, in collaboration with Caro Thompson,
film maker and Bixby Memorial Free Library, Vergennes
WHAT: "Lake Champlain Voyages of Discovery:
Bringing History Home" Project awarded $250,000 Partnership
for a Nation of Learners grant from the Institute for Museum
& Library Services and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
WHEN: Grant project time period: November 1, 2006
to October 31, 2008
WHY: The project will use the occasion of the upcoming
400th anniversary in 2009 of Samuel de Champlain first entering
Lake Champlain to:
• research the little known, internationally significant
time period from just before 1609 up to the Revolutionary
War in the Champlain Valley and provide historic content
for the Champlain Quadricentennial commemoration in 2009
through:
an archaeological field investigation of a French settlement
site that includes educators and volunteers
a one-hour television documentary gathering information
about all of the cultural groups and many significant events
of the era
• engage communities in discussions and
local research through:
a community-based archaeological walk-over survey of Addison
County lakeshore towns near Chimney Point, which includes
interviews with many residents
public programs and discussions at the Bixby Library, Chimney
Point, and around the region
•encourage interest and curiosity in the history of
Lake Champlain and lifelong learning, sending adults and
children on their own voyages of discovery by:
creating an interactive web site with a virtual experience
of the archaeological investigations and other French sites,
as well as oral histories and traditional tales of Native
American cultures in the
region
developing a Chimney Point exhibit on the archaeological
discoveries
designing educational materials for Champlain Valley schools;
•inspire enduring natural resource conservation and
preservation of this internationally significant historic
place.
Project
Schedule: Summary
Information for Teachers Participating in the Voyages Project
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Volunteer
Information
DAR
State Park
Documentary
Film
Project Contacts:
Elsa Gilbertson, Project Director
Chimney Point State Historic Site
elsa.gilbertson@state.vt.us
(802) 759-2412
Dr. Ellie Cowie, Archeologist
Director, UMF Archaeology Research Center
ecowie@maine.edu
(207) 778-7012
Giovanna Peebles, State Archeologist
VT Division for Historic Preservation
giovanna.peebles@state.vt.us
(802) 828-3050
Rachel Plant, Director
Bixby Memorial Free Library
rplant@gmavt.net
(802) 877-2211
Steve Scharoun, Archeologist& Project Historian
UMF Archaeology Research Center
scharoun@maine.edu
(207) 778-7012
Caro Thompson, Film Maker
Broadwing Productions
broadwingproductions@pshift.com
(802) 563-3115
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