Lives & Stories
Lakes to Locks Passage takes you through a spectacular landscape laden with history. Find your way through four story-filled regions that connect New York's historic waters of Lake Champlain and Lake George with the Champlain Canal and Hudson River to the south and the Chambly Canal to the Richelieu and St. Lawrence Rivers of Quebec to the north. Streams of history flow through these valleys, reflecting "lives" that continue to unfold. Be sure to visit the communities, sites and interpretive exhibits throughout the region to track the overlapping threads of the Four Lives of Lakes to Locks Passage.
Natural Forces and Native Peoples shaped the landscape and culture of the inland waterway, rich with resources.
Conflict and Settlement traces the exploration, warfare and peacekeepingactivities of nation-building along the waterway.
Corridor of Commerce explores the trade in furs, timber, stone, minerals, farm products and technology that flows through these valleys.
Magnet for Tourism reveals the evolution of tourism and stewardship of the environment.
Lives & Stories
Lives
- The First Life: Natural Forces and Native Peoples
- The Second Life: Conflict and Settlement
- The Third Life: Corridor of Commerce
- The Fourth Life: Magnet For Tourism
Stories
- Rocks and Waters
- Native Cultures
- Waterway as Habitat
- Leading to the War for the Wilderness Empire
- Fighting for Independence
- The War of 1812 on Lake Champlain
- Developing America's Defenses
- A Patchwork of People
- Building Places
- From Boats to Aerospace
- Quarries, Mines and Manufacturing
- The Working Landscape
- Evolution of Tourism
- The Stewardship and the Conservation Revolution
