Updated 4 hours ago NBC Universal, Inc. A plan to create a new destination for scuba divers in Lake Champlain has been reversed after pushback from environmental groups and the public. The Lake Champlain Transportation Company and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation planned to sink the Adirondack, a historic, double-ended ferry. The concept, known as an "artificial reef," was created in the Atlantic off the coast of Delaware and New Jersey by sinking an old Coast Guard vessel. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. Instead of being set underwater to create an artificial reef for scuba divers, the vessel will now be scrapped. The Adirondack is no longer needed, since there are others in the Lake Champlain Ferries fleet.