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01/17/2012 - Upcoming CATS Events Highlights:
Saturday, January 21 at 9:30 to 1:30 – "Animal Tracking" hike at Poko-Moonshine hosted by CATS and Friends of Poko-Moonshine. Please meet at the new trailhead which is about a mile south of the main trail at Poke-O on Route 9. David Thomas Train will lead you into the Lost Oak Valley to look for, identify, and record the varieties of animal tracks. Please dress warmly and bring a lunch. If you plan to attend or have questions, please reply to this email or... [READ MORE]
01/17/2012 - (Ticonderoga, NY) The King's Garden at Fort Ticonderoga presents the First Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium: "Planting the Seeds of Knowledge for Home Gardeners" on Saturday, April 14. This new day-long symposium, geared for both beginning and experienced gardeners, provides helpful insights from garden experts who live and garden in upstate New York and Vermont. This springtime event takes place in the Deborah Clarke Mars Education Center and is open by pre-registration only.This one-... [READ MORE]
01/07/2012 - (Ticonderoga, NY) Winter is a great time to get outside, explore and learn at Fort Ticonderoga, America's Fort! Fort Ticonderoga's new winter series of programs begins on Sunday, January 22, at 2 pm with a "Winter Landscape Snowshoe Trek" led by Curator of Landscape Heidi Karkoski.Discover Fort Ticonderoga's landscape while exploring the wide variety of tree species that grow along the shores of Lake Champlain near the historic Fort and King's Garden. This one-hour trek will feature the study... [READ MORE]
12/19/2011 - WESTPORT-ON-LAKE-CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. – The New Year marks a thrilling new journey for The Depot Theatre. The Adirondacks' professional theatre company will celebrate its 33rd year in operation with a new managing director, a new volunteer guild and four blockbuster shows for the 2012 season.The Depot has launched a national search to replace outgoing managing director Chris Casquilho who is moving to Ogden, Utah with his family to work for Weber State University.The Board of Trustees is approaching... [READ MORE]
12/19/2011 - Vote for your favorite!LAKE CHAMPLAIN REGION, ADIRONDACKS - The deadline for the first Champlain Area Trails (CATS) Travel Writing Contest has passed and there were a number of great submissions. In January, the judges will choose the winner of the $500 top prize and now is the time when your involvement in the contest really begins. All are encouraged to vote online for your favorite entree and the lucky winner receives the $250 People's Choice prize. We will extend the voting deadline... [READ MORE]
12/19/2011 - Rumored to live off the shores of Port Henry, in Moriah, N.Y. on the Adirondack Coast, Lake Champlain's own "Loch Ness Monster", CHAMP, was featured on CBS News.HERE'S A LINK to the story and video! [READ MORE]
12/16/2011 - New Program Series Begins on January 22(Ticonderoga, NY) Fort Ticonderoga introduces a new series of Sunday afternoon programs running from January through April. Presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff, the programs cost $10 each and are free for Members of the Friends of Fort Ticonderoga.The program begins with a "Winter Landscape Snowshoe Trek" led by Curator of Landscape Heidi Karkoski on January 22. Explore the Fort Ticonderoga grounds and learn how to identify trees based on their winter (... [READ MORE]
11/14/2011 - 18th Century Holiday Traditions at Fort Ticonderoga's "Hot Chocolate at Cold Fort" Event (Ticonderoga, NY) Explore 18th-century holiday traditions at Fort Ticonderoga's Hot Chocolate at Cold Fort event on December 3, 2011! Visit with historic interpreters portraying Continental soldiers from Pennsylvania in 1776 and experience how very different Christmas at that time was compared to our modern holiday traditions. Learn about Saint Crispin's Day from a shoemaker at the Fort and... [READ MORE]
11/09/2011 - Contributions Recognized by Ticonderoga Area and Addison County Chambers of CommerceCrown Point, N.Y./Addison, Vt. – November 9, 2011 – The Lake Champlain Bridge Community (LCBC) and its co-founders, Lorraine Franklin and Karen Hennessy, have been recognized twice in recent months by the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce and the Addison County Chamber of Commerce.The Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) held its 2011 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner & Awards Ceremony on October 26th... [READ MORE]
10/12/2011 - Elizabethtown, N.Y. - Adirondack History Center Museum is offering a program about Paranormal Discoveries on Saturday, October 29 at 4:00 p.m. The program begins with a report from Champlain & Adirondack Paranormal Investigations on their findings of paranormal activities at the museum. Jim Thatcher, Lead Investigator from Champlain & Adirondack Paranormal Investigations (CHAPI), will talk about their night at the museum on July 1, 2011. He will discuss the CHAPI team, their set-... [READ MORE]
10/05/2011 - (Ticonderoga, NY) Discover the unexplained past at Fort Ticonderoga's Flashlight Nights, Fridays and Saturdays, October 21 and 22 and October 28 and 29 from 7 pm until 9 pm. This family-fun fall program will uncover Fort Ticonderoga's layers of history and haunted stories at night in the Fort, on the landscape and in the 6-acre corn maze! Hear the story of Fort Ticonderoga inside the stone walls of the fort and then use your flashlight to guide your way to the Heroic Corn Maze where a... [READ MORE]
10/02/2011 - Essex, N.Y. - The First Annual Boquet Valley Studio Tour will be held from October 7 - 9, 2011. Several successful Champlain Valley artists in Elizabethtown, Essex, Westport and Willsboro will open their homes, gardens and studios during a self-guided tour."With fall foliage season upon us comes a new opportunity to explore the picturesque landscape, and get introduced to a talented group of artists living and working in the Boquet Valley," said Emily Phillips, event organizer. "Studios and... [READ MORE]
09/20/2011 - New York's central Champlain Valley is special. "There are few places with historic hamlets settled so sweetly into a rich landscape of forests, farms, and hills with views of a beautiful lake and mountains," notes Chris Maron, executive director of Champlain Area Trails (CATS).To spread the word and promote tourism to the area, CATS has launched its first travel writing contest. Winners will receive prizes ranging from $250 to $500, and have their entries published online in the CATS... [READ MORE]
09/20/2011 - The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks will host the 23nd Annual Field, Forest and Stream Day, an Adirondack Folk Arts Festival on Saturday, September 24th, 2011 from 11:00am to 4:00pm on the museum grounds of the Adirondack History Center in Elizabethtown, New York. Come out and join this wonderful family event celebrating the Harvest, Hunt, and traditional North Country occupations and recreations. NEW, this year the Festival will be combined with the Families First Apple Fest,... [READ MORE]
08/31/2011 - Ausable Chasm has been open for over 140 years - and has survived Irene! Check their website at ausablechasm.com for more information! [READ MORE]
