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Final Cannon Piece Recovered from Lake Champlain | Montpelier News
After 22 years and a daring underwater recovery, the final piece of a cannon from the American gunboat New York—lost since the 1776 Battle of Valcour Island—has been found. The discovery, made possible by a magnetometer survey and painstaking hand excavation in near-zero visibility, reunites the fragment with its counterparts and underscores the battle’s pivotal role in delaying British forces. Led by diver Ed Scollon and maritime historian Art Cohn, the Valcour Bay Research Project brought this historic relic to light, now set for conservation and eventual display at the Lake Champlain…
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