| Date |
Event |
| 1809 |
 | Steamer Vermont (I) is launched on Lake
Champlain |
|
| 1812 |
| The WAR OF
1812, the Vermont (I) transports
troops |
|
| 1817 |
| Lake George Steamboat Company is chartered and
later expires in 1838 |
| No Boats are ever proposed let alone
|
|
| 1817 |
| Steamer James Caldwell is launched on Lake
George
{ with parts from Vermont (I) and designed based on the Franklin
} |
|
| October 1826 |
| Champlain Transportation Company is chartered
{ President Luther Loomis } |
|
| 1830 |
| Lesser lines on Lake Champlain begin to
surrender |
|
| 1835 |
| Champlain Transportation Company buys out all
competition remaining
{ 7 Boats currently servicing Lake Champlain } |
| Three (3) for routes: Whitehall-St.
Johns & Burlington-Port Kent-Plattsburg |
| The other four (4) are either disposed or
assigned to towboat service |
|
|
- |
| Champlain Transportation Company makes 8-Year
deal with Peter Comstock |
|
| 1842 |
| Charles Dickens travels on the Burlington and
writes "American Notes" |
|
|
- |
| Peter Comstock 8-Year contract ends and
hostilities begin |
|
| 1844 |
| Peter Comstock launches the Francis Saltus to
compete with the Burlington |
|
| 1848 |
| "Comstock War" over and boats sold
to Champlain Transportation Company |
|
| 1848 |
| All steamboat activity ends on Lake George
when William Caldwell retires. |
|
| 1849 |
| Several directors of the Champlain
Transportation Company sell their holdings to a group of investors
headed by Daniel Drew & Nelson Robinson which gives them control
of the company making Oscar Burton President. |
|
| 1850 |
| John Jay is launched on Lake George |
|
| September 1952 |
| Rutland & Burlington Railroad buy
Champlain Transportation Company |
| Includes Steamers: United States, Francis Saltus,
Burlington, Whitehall, Montreal and Boston. |
|
|
- |
| Rutland & Burlington RR sells the Francis Saltus
to Plattsburgh & Montreal RR |
|
| 1854 |
| Rutland & Burlington Railroad sells back
the Champlain Transportation Company including all Steamboats but the
Boston |
|
| 1854 |
| Lake George Steamboat Company is chartered
{again} |
|
| 1858 |
| Daniel Drew & Nelson Robinson sell their
interests in the Champlain Transportation Company to Colonel LeGrand
B. Cannon & Captain L. H. Tupper who hold major interests in
Renesselaer & Saratoga Railroad. |
| United States is converted from Wood to Coal
{First on Lake Champlain} |
|
|
- |
| The CIVIL
WAR and steamers carry troops |
|
| 1867 |
| Champlain Transportation Company loans money
to the Lake George Steamboat Company and receives stock as collateral. |
|
| June 1868 |
| Renesselaer & Saratoga gains control
interest Lake George Steamboat Company via George H. Cramer and
Colonel LeGrand B. Cannon |
|
| 1868 |
| Champlain Transportation Company buys Lake
George Steamboat Company |
|
| 1869 |
| Steamer Ganouskie is first vessel on either
lake to use propeller. |
|
December 7, 1870
(D&H Control) |
| Renesselaer & Saratoga accept offer by the
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company to permanently lease of its
property and holdings thus the steamboats become part of the Delaware
and Hudson empire. |
|
| March 2, 1872 |
| Lake
George Steamboat Company once again is independent and remains so
today. President Le Grand B. Cannon All the stock is owned
by the Champlain Transportation Company so it to is affiliated with
the Delaware and Hudson Company |
|
| 1874 |
| Delaware & Hudson builds Baldwin Branch
between Montcalm Landing on Lake Champlain near Ticonderoga and
Baldwin on Lake George linking to to Steamer lines by rail. |
|
| 1875 |
| Delaware & Hudson extend line making
Champlain Transportation Company less of a need and the Adirondack is
removed from service. |
|
| 1888 |
| Chateaugay becomes first Iron-Hulled Steamboat
on Lake Champlain |
|
| 1907 (Loree Years) |
| 11th President of
Champlain Transportation Company: Leonor F. Loree |
|
| April 1, 1903 |
| Village of Caldwell changes its name to Lake
George village. |
|
| September 7, 1907 |
| Leonor F. Loree uses the Ticonderoga as his
"Private Yacht" (10 Days) |
|
| September 23, 1913 |
| An Elephant is transported aboard the Ticonderoga (II) |
|
| July 1, 1914 |
| Panama Canal Act makes it unlawful for any
railroad subject to the act to control or have any interest, direct or
indirect, in any common carrier by water with which the railroad might
compete with. |
|
|
- |
| WORLD WAR I
- Federal Government takes over operations
Vermont (III) and |
|
| June 22, 1916 |
| The D&H filed on February 1914 to continue
control of Champlain Transportation Company after hearings they are
granted approval. |
|
| August 17, 1919 |
| Ticonderoga runs aground on a reef off the
north end of Isle La Motte. |
| Chateaugay is recalled into Service while
repairs are made |
|
| 1933 |
| Depression forces suspension of all service on
both lakes |
| Sagamore is retired and Horicon II made into
nightclub "Showboat" |
|
| 1936 |
| Chateaugay is removed to NH; Ticonderoga only
steamship on the lake |
|
| 1937 (D&H Ends) |
| Champlain Transportation Company sold to
Horace W. Corbin |
|
| November 1945 |
| Lake George Steamboat Company sold to Wilbur
Dow |
|
| 1946 |
| Mohican II to converted to Diesel Power |
|
| 1951 |
| Shelburne Museum buys the Ti; form Shelburne
Steamboat Company |
|
| 1953 |
| Ticonderoga is removed and shipped to the Shelburne Museum |
|
| 1963 |
| Ticonderoga gains National Historic Landmark
status |
|
