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Officials describe Lake Champlain underwater preserves, dive-site maintenance and statewide roadside marker program
Summary
Historic‑preservation staff told the Senate Institutions committee they manage over 300 shipwrecks in Lake Champlain, maintain eleven dive sites with an annual $46,000 maintenance appropriation, and oversee about 365 roadside historic markers that cost roughly $3,000 each to replace.
Senate Institutions — Feb. 4, 2026: The Division for Historic Preservation briefed lawmakers on underwater preserves in Lake Champlain and the roadside historic‑marker program, outlining visitor metrics, preservation work and maintenance costs.
Laura Treisman said the underwater‑preserves mission is to preserve, protect and interpret the cultural and natural heritage of Lake Champlain. She told the committee there are “over 300 wrecks on the bottom of Lake Champlain,” with the division monitoring…
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