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By Don Wickman In the War of 1812 on Lake Champlain, most attention is given to the Battle of Plattsburgh naval engagement on September 11, 1814. And rightfully so as the result halted a British advance and forced a withdrawal back into Canada. But there was more than just Plattsburgh. Scattered military actions occurred on both land and water and a naval arms race took place with the Americans primarily at Vergennes and the British shipyard at Isle aux Noix in the Richelieu River. In the...

During the early 1870s the New York and Canada Railroad commenced construction of a rail line along the western shore of Lake Champlain...

Do you believe in ghosts? The Essex County Courthouse has several of them. Now I’m not writing about the spirit of abolitionist John...