The Naval Historical Center has published a detailed ten-volume work entitled the Naval Documents of the American Revolution which includes the Battle of Valcour Island. This discovery provides new light on the maritime aspects of the Revolutionary War and the American nation. It will be a great catalyst to new research through nautical archaeology. Now I want to read all about it. L CMM has worked with the Navy and the States of Vermont and New York to develop a management plan for the gunboat.
All parties agree that the long-term integrity of the gunboat is of paramount importance.
There is already agreement that whatever the final decision, the gunboat will stay in the Champlain Valley, the place where this critical chapter of American history was written. Funding for the lake survey has come from a combination of public and private sources, namely the Lake Champlain Basin Program, the National Park Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Lintilhac Foundation, and an anonymous Vermont Foundation. It is estimated that it will take 5 to 7 years to complete the systematic examination of the entire lake floor. At the survey's conclusion we should know for the first time the exact number of historic shipwrecks in Lake Champlain and the approximate date of each. In addition, the survey is gathering geophysical information about the lake on an unprecedented scale, which will lead to significant new analyses about the geology of Lake Champlain.