| 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.
Historic image courtesy Vermont
Historical Society, from “Images Of America: Around Lake
Memphremagog,” by Bea Aldrich Nelson and Barbara Kaiser Malloy
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The Lady of the Lake sits at the
dock in Newport.
The paddle wheel steamer was in service on Lake Memphremagog for
50 years.
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