She was afraid to get into the water.
This lady of the lake will take a little coaxing.

On September 26, 1867, the Lady of the Lake, a paddle wheel steamer, left Magog, Quebec on her maiden voyage south to Newport.

The Lady of the Lake was first launched into Lake Memphremagog two weeks earlier, but to the disappointment of both ticket holders and spectators, she got stuck. She slid into the water, got hung up and would not budge.

Crews worked for two weeks to disengage her, and then the Lady of the Lake was ready. The excursion down the 26 mile lake took two hours, and was the beginning of a long legacy.

The Lady of the Lake would continue her run on Lake Memphremagog until 1917.

Image courtesy Images Of America: Around Lake Memphremagog, by Bea Aldrich Nelson and Barbara Kaiser Malloy.

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