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A public hearing discussed the project and let the public speak on the possibility of the ferry retiring at the bottom of the lake.

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Environmental organizations are appealing a decision to allow a century-old ferry to be sunk in Lake Champlain where it would become an underwater scuba diving destination just off the Burlington waterfront.The state has approved the...

May 3, 2021 Before the ferry Adirondack arrived in Lake Champlain in 1954, it operated as the Gov. Emerson C. Harrington II along the eastern Chesapeake Bay. The ship was built and named the South Jacksonville in 1913. It was sold in 1921, re-christened the Mount Holly and plied the Delaware River until 1927, and then the East River along New York City until 1938. (Provided photo — Lake Champlain Transportation Company) BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Environmental organizations are appealing a...

Environmental groups appeal sinking of old ferry into Lake Champlain for divers The Lake Champlain ferry “Adirondack” docked at the waterfront in last year in Burlington, Vt. Wilson Ring / AP Published: 5/3/2021 10:46:05 AM Environmental organizations are appealing a decision to allow a century-old ferry to be sunk in Lake Champlain where it would become an underwater scuba diving destination just off the Burlington, Vermont, waterfront. The state has approved the sinking of the vessel but...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Environmental organizations are appealing a decision to allow a...

A plan to create a new destination for scuba divers in Lake Champlain is being met with pushback from a pair of environmental groups. The concept is known as an...

A plan to create a new destination for scuba divers in Lake Champlain is being met with pushback from a pair of environmental groups.The concept is known as an "artificial reef." One was created in the Atlantic off the coast of Delaware and New Jersey by sinking an old Coast Guard vessel.Similarly, the Vermont version would see the scuttling of the Adirondack — a historic, double-ended ferry, now mothballed, which is no longer needed, since there are others in the Lake Champlain Ferries ...