The Search
- Underwater Archaeology
- Early Discoveries
- Exploration in the 1950s
- 1960 Discovery
- Raising 3 Bateaux
- Operation Bateaux 1963-64
- Bateaux Recovery 1965
- Bateaux Below
- Bateaux on the National Register
- Related exhibit:Raising the Fleet: An Art Science Initiative
- About the banner: The photo shows the south end of Lake George just off Fort William Henry. The historical marker notes the many vessels sunk in the lake by the British in 1758.
Archaeological diver Terry Crandall prepares to photograph a sunken bateau during Adirondack Museum's "Operation Bateaux" from 1963-1964 (Photograph courtesy of Terry Crandall / Bateaux Below, Inc.).
"Operation Bateaux 1963-1964"
Over the summers of 1963 and 1964, Mohawk Valley archaeological diver Terry Crandall was hired by the Andirondack Museum to conduct SCUBA fieldwork to locate, photograph, map, and excavate bateau-class wrecks of "The Sunken Fleet of 1758." Crandall's pioneering underwater archaeological fieldwork, undertaken under permit from the State Education Department, set a baseline for future underwater archaeological studies at Lake George.
Drawing of a 1758 bateau based upon Terry Crandall's 1963-1964 "Operation Bateaux" fieldwork (Drawing courtesy of Terry Crandall / Bateaux Below, Inc.).
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