| 1826 |
October 26, 1826
The Champlain Transportation Company Incorporated by Vermont
State Legislature Luther Loomis President |
| 1827 |
Julius Hoyt, President of Champlain Transportation
Company. |
| 1828 |
William A Griswold, President of Champlain
Transportation Company. |
| 1833 |
February 22, 1833 Absorbed the Lake Champlain
Steamboat Company |
| 1835 |
January 27, 1835 Purchased the Champlain
Ferry Company |
| 1840 |
United States President Martin Van Buren
travels on the steamboat Burlington |
| 1846 |
Henry H Ross, President of Champlain Transportation
Company.
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| 1849 |
Several directors of the Champlain Transportation
Company sell their holdings to investors headed by Daniel
Drew and Nelson Robinson giving them control of the Company.
Oscar Burton, President of Champlain Transportation Company. |
| 1852 |
September, Rutland and Burlington Railroad
purchases all the steamboats and real estate from the
Champlain Transportation Company. (Champlain Transportation
Company retained its charter) |
| 1854 |
Autumn, Rutland and Burlington Railroad
make arrangements to re-sell the steamboats and real estate
back to the Champlain Transportation Company. |
| 1860 |
Lemuel H Tupper, President of Champlain
Transportation Company. |
| 1861 |
Civil War |
| 1864 |
LeGrand B Cannon, President of Champlain
Transportation Company. |
| 1868 |
Champlain Transportation Company owns a
controlling interest in The Lake George Steamboat Company |
| 1870 |
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company purchases
the Champlain Transportation Company From the Rensselaer
and Saratoga Rail Road who held a controlling interest
in the Champlain Transportation Company. |
| 1872 |
Lake George Steamboat Company regains control
and becomes independent. |
| 1888 |
The Chateaugay becomes the first steel
hulled boat built on Lake Champlain. |
| 1895 |
James Roosevelt, President of Champlain
Transportation Company. |
| 1899 |
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company changes
its name to The Delaware and Hudson Company |
| 1901 |
Horace G Young, President of Champlain
Transportation Company. |
| 1903 |
David Willcox, President of Champlain Transportation
Company. |
| 1903 |
Launch of the Steamboat Vermont (III) the
largest boat ever to slide down the ways at Shelburne
Shipyard. |
| 1906 |
The steamer Ticonderoga is launched at
Shelburne Shipyard. |
| 1907 |
Leonor F Loree, President of Champlain
Transportation Company. |
| 1917 |
United States enters World War I |
| 1927 |
November 4, 1927 “The flood of 1927”
Steamboat Chateaugay is pressed into service to carry
refugees, mail and emergency supplies between Port Kent
NY and Burlington VT. |
| 1929 |
October 29 “Black Tuesday”
The great depression. |
| 1933 |
Champlain Transportation Company’s
revenue plummeted in 1930, 1931, and 1932 resulting in
the suspension of operations beginning January 25, 1933.
However, general manager Daniel Loomis made arrangements
to continue steamer service by leasing the Chateaugay
for the Burlington to Port Kent run. |
| 1936 |
Delaware and Hudson Company again, takes
over operations of the Champlain Transportation Company. |
| 1937 |
Champlain Transportation Company sold to
Horace W Corbin |
| 1941 |
United States enters World War II |
| 1948 |
Horace W Corbin sells Champlain Transportation
Company to Lewis P Evans, Richard Wadhams, and James Wolcott
who formed a new corporation, the Lake Champlain Transportation
Company. Lewis P Evans President |
| 1953 |
Steamer Ticonderoga is moved across land
to her final resting spot at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne,
Vermont. Bringing a close to steamboats on Lake Champlain. |
| 1976 |
Ray Pecor Jr. purchases Lake Champlain
Transportation Company. Ray Pecor Jr President |
| 1976 |
Beginning of year-round operation at the
Grand Isle crossing. |
| 1992 |
Henry Sorrell President of Lake Champlain
Transportation Company |
| 1999 |
January 1 1999, Start of 24-hour service
at the Grand Isle crossing. |
| 1999 |
Ray Pecor III joins his father in the ferry
business. |
| 2000 |
Ray Pecor III becomes President of Lake
Champlain Transportation Company. |
| 2003 |
Ray Pecor III purchase Lake Champlain Transportation
Company from Ray Pecor Jr. |
