From the Archives #3: Maquam Steamboat

Written By Saint Albans Museum

This photo and the accompanying caption were originally posted to our Facebook page (link to external site) on April 6, 2022.

Black and white photograph of a steamboat on a lake with passengers disembarking.

Wouldn't it be fun to time travel back to the days when you could take a steamboat back and forth from St. Albans to Burlington and other places on Lake Champlain?

The Maquam was built in 1881 and owned by the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad. It was retired in 1906.

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