A reborn city on Lake Champlain
Burlington, the largest city in Vermont, has finally discovered its biggest asset, said Marialisa Calta in The New York Times. After clearing a waterfront littered with decades’ worth of oil tanks, scrap metal, and junk, it found a treasure “long hidden in plain sight: Lake Champlain.” Today, the town’s cheerful waterfront is crowded with restaurants, shops, and other attractions. The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, whose main campus is in nearby Vergennes, keeps a replica of the Lois McClure canal schooner on the lakeshore. At the Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center (Echo is an acronym for Ecology, Culture, History, and Opportunities for stewardship), children can interact with various water-related exhibits. Upscale new hotels include the Marriott Courtyard Burlington Harbor and a Hilton. Restaurants range from the Skinny Pancake, specializing in crepes, to Taste of Burlington, housed in “an 1850s-era, brick-and-timber mill building.” Contact: www.ci.burlington.vt.us
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