Summer Institute for K-12 Professionals
"Lake Champlain: Charting a New North America "
July 5-11, 2009
Begins and ends in Burlington, VT
ITINERARY
MAJOR THEMES TO EXPLORE
1.. What attracted people to the Richelieu River/Lake Champlain watershed?
Fur trade, lumber, mining, quarrying, textile, water power
2.. Transportation
NYC to Montreal
Importance as a link to interior and to NYC
Natural connections and canals
Canals displaced by railroads
3.. Who were the inmigrants?
Italians, Poles, Welsh, British, Irish, French Canadians, others
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(NOTE: Details of this itinerary may be subject to modification)
Sunday, July 5
Burlington, Vermont
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Monday, July 6
Burlington - Saint-Ours - Montreal
7:00-8:00 |
Breakfast on UVM campus
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8:00-9:30 |
Content Briefing in North Multimedia Seminar Room in University Heights, University of Vermont
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10:00-12:00
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Drive up the Richelieu River to Saint- Ours
Opened in 1849, the Saint-Ours Canal is a continuation of the Chambly Canal, bypassing the final obstacle to navigation between the St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain. Known as the tenth lock of the Richelieu, the Saint-Ours Canal has been indispensable to international trade for over a century.
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2:00-5:00 |
Drive to Montreal
Walking tour of the historic district, including the
1759 warehouse once owned by John Jacob Astor, the founder of a fur trade dynasty.
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6:00
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Dinner on your own
Overnight: New Residence Hall highrise, McGill University
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Tuesday, July 7
Montreal - Champlain, NY - Plattsburgh, NY
7:00-8:00 |
Breakfast at New Residence Hall highrise.
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8:30-10:00 |
Content Briefing at McGill University meeting room
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10:30-12:00 |
Lachine Fur Trade Museum
Site of fur warehouse of the voyageurs. Presentation on the history of the fur trade and its extension to the Pacific Coast.
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2:00-5:00 |
Exporail Museum in St. Constant, QC
Largest railway collection in Canada and one of the most remarkable in North America.
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6:00 |
Driving tour of Champlain, NY
Exploring the built and natural landscape for evidence of economic upturns and downturns.
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Check into hotel in Plattsburgh, NY
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Wednesday, July 8
Classroom day
7:00-8:00 |
Breakfast at the Hotel |
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8:30-5:30 |
Content Briefings - SUNY Plattsburgh meeting room
Pulling it all together with presentations by Canadian Studies and Geography faculty. Examining resources.
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Evening |
Free time on your own
Overnight: Plattsburgh, NY |
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Thursday, July 9
7:00-8:00 |
Breakfast at the hotel
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9:00-10:00 |
Ticonderoga Heritage Museum
Last remaining structure of the Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company.
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10:30-12:00 |
Penfield Museum
Considered the "Birthplace of the Electric Age", being the site of the first industrial application of electricity in the United States.
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1:00-2:00 |
Crown Point Historic Site
The British and the French both claimed Crown Point in the struggle for a North American empire.
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2:30-5:00
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Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga, originally Fort Carillon, was built by the French military between 1755 and 1759, at a choke point to control the north-south water "highway".
Overnight:Ticonderoga, NY
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Friday, July 10
Vergennes - Winooski - Burlington
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Saturday, July 11
Burlington, VT
7:00-8:00 |
Breakfast at the hotel.
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8:30-11:30 |
Institute summary and culmination.
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(NOTE: Details of this itinerary may be subject to modification)
Last updated:
22 May, 2009
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