Traveller Impressions of Lake Champlain Steamboats, 1827-1842
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In the first half of the nineteenth century, Lake Champlain became increasingly famous for its magnificent passenger steamboats. Not only were residents of the Champlain Valley filled with pride over these vessels, but the steamers earned international acclaim. This article presents primary source evidence describing Lake Champlains Golden Age steamers from local, regional, and international travellers accounts which describe the appearance and operations of these lake boats from the 1820s and 1830s. Despite travel diaries including problematic biases, this evidence fills gaps in our knowledge of the build of these steamboats left by the analyses of their archaeological remains.
Dans la premire moiti du XIXe sicle, le lac Champlain est devenu de plus en plus connu pour ses magnifiques bateaux vapeur passagers. Non seulement les rsidents de la valle du lac Champlain taient fiers de ces navires, mais les navires ont aussi acquis une renomme internationale. partir de tmoignages obtenus de sources primaires, cet article dcrit les bateaux vapeur de lge dor du lac Champlain suivant les rcits de voyageurs locaux, rgionaux et internationaux qui traitent de lapparence et des oprations de ces bateaux au cours des annes 1820 et 1830. Malgr des carnets de voyage qui comportent des partialits problmatiques, ces tmoignages comblent les lacunes de nos connaissances sur la construction de ces bateaux vapeur laisses par les analyses de leurs vestiges archologiques.
