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New englanders who came up here including a ira allen saw the potential of Burlington Bay as a court sitting. Port city. It Lake Champlain flows into the st. Lawrence which gives at burlington, interestingly enough, even though it is an inland place, access to the ocean. Early settlers saw that and became interested. The area did not take off despite the attempts by ira allen to make this an important place by putting the university here, making it the shire town of Chittenden County with the courts and so on. It did not take off until 1820 1823. The Champlain Canal was finished which connected the southern and of Lake Champlain to the hudson river. In essence it opened up all of , those markets to the sout ....
Weekend, every weekend on cspan three. To join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. The history of burlington, vermont is tied directly to lumber, textiles and even politics. Next, we speak with local historians about the history of burlington and its role in vermont. Vince we are standing above what in the 1790s was referred to as Burlington Bay on Lake Champlain. Of course, the fact that it is on Lake Champlain is part of the reasons why we have the city here today. The early europeans, the new englanders who came up here, allen, saw the potential of Burlington Bay as a port city. Lake champlain flows north and it flows into the Richelieu River. Which then flows into the st. Which gives bu ....
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