Rosslyn Redux

Tag: Timber Crib Dock

  • Sherwood Inn Waterfront

    Sherwood Inn Waterfront

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    This morning I revisit a familiar and particularly popular perspective of Rosslyn’s lakefront or, to be more historically accurate, the Sherwood Inn waterfront in the early/mid 20th century. Taken together this pair of vintage postcards forms a veritable diptych of the Sherwood Inn (aka Rosslyn) lakefront, “dock house” (aka boathouse), and a veritable flotilla of classic…

  • Low Lake Levels + Crib Dock Reflections

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    Geo Davis
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    Whether you call it climate change, “nature’s sense of humor”, or something else, Lake Champlain’s water level is raising eyebrows. Back in 2011 we experienced the highest lake levels in recorded history. Five years later lake levels are flirting with the lowest record. The highest recorded level at the gage in Burlington was 103.27 feet above mean…