Burlington Welcomes Home Schooner Lois McClure From Four Month Tour

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum's schooner Lois McClure returns to her homeport on the Burlington waterfront at Perkins Pier (at the foot of Maple Street) on Friday, October 4. The schooner will be open for boarding on Friday Oct. 4 from 11-6 with a celebration from 4:30-6; and on Saturday Oct. 5 and Sunday Oct. 6 from 10-5. Visitors can board the schooner free of charge to explore the 88-foot long boat “from stem to stern.” The schooner’s 2013 tour, with the theme The Shipwrights’ War and Other Stories, persevered through spring and summer storms to visit more than 30 ports of call in New York, Canada and Vermont following the path of the 1813 campaign. “The shipbuilding races and naval battles of 1813 helped to determine the outcome of the War of 1812, and left a legacy of shipwrecks beneath the waters of the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and Lake Champlain,” explains Art Cohn, Special Project Director.

Oct 17, 2024, 6:30 to 8 PM

Oct 19, 2024, 6 to 9 PM

Oct 21, 2024, 3 to 7 PM