Friday, September 19, 2025 – 8am to 5pm
Leaving from Fort Ticonderoga, NY
Our Tour Leaders: Chris Sabick and Bruce Venter
Registration Fee: $175
Fort Ticonderoga and America’s History will partner again this year to offer a one-day Revolutionary War tour in connection with the Fort’s xxx Annual American Revolution Seminar. Led by Chris Sabick and Bruce Venter, the tour departs from Fort Ticonderoga’s parking lot at 8 a.m. and includes an interpretation of the battle of Valcour Island from a nearby site, a visit to the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and a boat ride thru the Narrows of Lake Champlain.
This tour takes place on the Friday of Fort Ticonderoga’s American Revolution Seminar. Please see www.fortticonderoga.org for the seminar program and details. You may take the Valcour Island tour without attending the seminar.
This tour will demonstrate Benedict Arnold’s skill as a naval commander and hero of the Patriot cause as we visit land and “on the water” sites. We will see Valcour Island from the New York shore, visit the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum which has special exhibits related to Valcour Island, board the reconstructed gunboat, Philadelphia II and take a boat ride thru the Lake Champlain Narrows where Arnold fought a delaying battle with the British. Chris will also update us on the recent archaeological excavations that have been conducted at Arnold’s Bay, the site where Arnold burned the five remaining vessels from the Valcour fleet on October 13, 1776 as well as the continuing plan for archaeological work on the gunboat Spitfire, which is still located in the deep dark waters of Lake Champlain where it was sunk during the retreat from the battle.
We will return to Fort Ticonderoga in time for you to attend the opening session of Fort Ticonderoga’s American Revolution Seminar.
Other important information: This tour is limited to 40 participants, so please register early. A minimum of 20 participants is needed to run the tour. This is a land and water tour. The bus will leave the main parking lot of Fort Ticonderoga at 8:00 a.m. and return by 5:00 p.m. Check Fort Ticonderoga’s American Revolution Seminar information for hotels in the Ticonderoga area.
Tour Registration fee: $175.00
What’s included: Motor coach transportation, a boat ride thru Lake Champlain’s Narrows, lunch, snack and beverage breaks, all admissions and gratuities, a map and materials package and the services of two tour leaders selected for their knowledge and expertise.
Our Tour Leaders: Chris Sabick was appointed executive director of the LCMM in 2023. A nautical archaeologist by trade, Sabick has spent his entire professional career working on the lake and surrounding waterways with the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Dr. Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC is an experienced tour leader of the Colonial and Revolutionary War period. He is the author of The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action that Saved America.
Register Online: $175
Register by phone, e-mail or postal mail:
- Phone: 1-703-785-4373
- Email us at: info@AmericasHistoryLLC.com
- Postal mail: America’s History LLC, P. O. Box 1076, Goochland, VA 23063
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