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Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m.

Encore Presentations on:
Dec. 13 at 7:30 a.m. and Dec. 14 at noon.

In 1609, Frenchman Samuel de Champlain was the first European to travel the waters of the lake that now bears his name. The region had already been home to Native cultures for thousands of years.

Champlain: The Lake Between commemorates this 400th anniversary and features:

  • Re-enactments set against the lake's natural beauty
  • Interviews with historians and culture bearers
  • Little-known stories of Native and French daily life

Trade alliances created both conflict and connections among Abenaki, Mohawk, French, English and Dutch people. During the Colonial era, the region was central to the struggle for economic and military dominance in the U.S. and Canada.

 

Champlain: The Lake Between is the latest from filmmaker Caro Thompson. Caro will be Fran Stoddard's guest on Profile, on Monday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m., on VPT.

Click here to view the interview
ahead of its television broadcast.

 

Champlain: The Lake Between is one element of the project "Lake Champlain Voyages of Discovery: Bringing History Home," funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Project partners are the Chimney Point State Historic Site, Vt. Division for Historic Preservation, Bixby Memorial Free Library, and Vermont Public Television with Broadwing Productions.

 

 
 
 
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