Tag Archives: Lake Champlain

Flat Rock Vacation

Posted on 26 June 2014 by Bill Paine

My brother Andrew and I are upstate on Lake Champlain again, enjoying a little time off at Flat Rock Camp by kind invitation of Marian Bradley, one of our honorary aunts (childhood friend of my Aunt Molly), who is renting … Continue reading →

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Willsboro with Aunt Molly

Posted on 8 July 2011 by Bill Paine

It’s been my Aunt Molly’s custom in recent years to go up to Willsboro in late June/early July and rent Flat Rock Camp for a week.  This year, that plan was upset when it became clear that the Camp couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Weekend

Posted on 12 June 2011 by Bill Paine

Andrew and I went up to Willsboro over the Memorial Day weekend to support our friend John Rayburn in the annual Patch Sprint fundraising event.  The Patch Sprint is a ~12 mile cross-country race that includes four local mountain summits, … Continue reading →

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Flooding in Willsboro

Posted on 11 May 2011 by Bill Paine

Flooding continues to be a major issue on Lake Champlain and is directly impacting the area where my family’s property is.  The local newspaper, the Press-Republican, published an article on local flooding that explains how serious the problem is and … Continue reading →

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Lake Champlain Floods

Posted on 2 May 2011 by Bill Paine

While Lake Champlain usually floods every spring due to winter snow melt and spring rains, this year has been exceptionally bad—in fact, lake levels are the highest ever known since 1869 when records began to be kept. The photograph at … Continue reading →

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