Category: Vermont

EXPLORE, HISTORY, LOOKING BACK, New England, PLACES TO EXPLORE, TRAVEL, VermontLeave a comment

EXPLORE: Vermont’s Forest Dale Iron Furnace

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  LocationVT 73 and Furnace Rd., Brandon, Vermont Coordinates43°49′55″N 73°2′54″W Area9.8 acres (4.0 ha) Built1810 bySmith, JohnNRHP     The Forest Dale Iron Furnace was a 19th-century iron smelting facility in Brandon, Vermont. Located off Vermont Route 73 east of the village of Forest Dale, it operated between 1810 … Continue reading EXPLORE: Vermont’s Forest Dale Iron Furnace

BAY OF FUNDY, BIRDS, GULF OF MAINE, GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE, New England, VermontLeave a comment

CREATURES: Blown off-course, dovekies find helping hands

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The following is an older story. However, the winter of 2021-22 is equally hard on these and related seabirds. They cannot take off from land, so be sure to contact your local animal rescue group for help. Editor EASTHAM– Wild … Continue reading CREATURES: Blown off-course, dovekies find helping hands

Aviation, EXPLORE, FUN THINGS, HISTORY, Maine, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec Shore, TRANSPORTATION, VermontLeave a comment

EXPLORE: Planes and Things

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Aviation extends over more than two thousand years, beginning with kite flying in China, attempts at tower jumping, balloons, moving forward to supersonic, and hypersonic flight by powered, heavier-than-air jets and more recently to unmanned drones. Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-century … Continue reading EXPLORE: Planes and Things