Chapter Twelve. Lake George’s Baby Whale Submarine

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Chapter One. Early History of Bateaux 1
7. Chapter Two. The Bateau Watercraft 11
8. Chapter Three. Building Techniques 21
9. Chapter Four. Discovery of Lake George’s Sunken Bateaux of 1758 27
10. Chapter Five. The 1950s and Early 1960s: “Rediscovery” 35
11. Chapter Six. Toward Better Management 41
12. Chapter Seven. Underwater Archaeology 51
13. Chapter Eight. A Renaissance of Interest 73
14. Chapter Nine. The “Mortar Bateau” 93
15. Chapter Ten. What Lies Beneath An Inventory 105
16. Chapter Eleven. Missing Bateau Shipwrecks 113
17. Chapter Twelve. Lake George’s Baby Whale Submarine 121
18. Chapter Thirteen. Wiawaka Bateaux and the National Register of Historic Places 127
19. Chapter Fourteen. Submerged Heritage Preserves 131
20. Chapter Fifteen. Stabilizing a Bateau Shipwreck Site 143
21. Chapter Sixteen. Students Build Underwater Archaeology Equipment and Replica Bateaux 147
22. Chapter Seventeen “Raising the Fleet” An Art/Science Initiative 155
23. Chapter Eighteen. Documentary Filmmaking, Bateaux, and Archaeologists 159
24. Chapter Nineteen. Public Education Programs 163
25. Conclusion 183
26. Appendix I “Operation Bateaux” Revisited Twenty-Four Years Later—Part 1 187
27. Appendix II “Operation Bateaux” Revisited Twenty-Four Years Later—Part 2 191
28. Appendix III Insights Gained from a Replica Lake George Bateau 195
29. Appendix IV A List of Some of the Dive Teams, Underwater Archaeology Teams, and Scuba Divers Who Dived Lake George’s Sunken Bateaux of 1758 During Rediscovery and Study 201
30. Glossary 203
31. Notes 209
32. Bibliography 229
33. Index 243
34. About the Author 262