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Wrecked during a brutal winter gale that came howling across Lake Champlain, the story of one of Burlington, Vermont‘s most famous shipwrecks, General Butler, is an incredible tale of survival and rescue. Everyone survived thanks to quick thinking and two first responders.
General Butler was built in 1862 in Essex, NY and is a great example of a Lake Champlain sailing canal boat designed to sail on the lake and, with masts removed and centerboard raised, towed though the canals.
