General Butler (shipwreck) | |
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| Location | Burlington Bay, Burlington, Vermont |
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| Coordinates | 44°28′19″N 73°13′42″W / 44.47194°N 73.22833°W |
| Area | 2.9 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| Built by | Hoskins, Wesley J.; Hoskins, John |
| Architectural style | Sailing canal schooner |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001269[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 22, 1998 |
The General Butler was a schooner-rigged sailing canal boat that plied the waters of Lake Champlain and the Champlain Canal in the United States states of Vermont and New York. Built in 1862 and named for American Civil War General Benjamin Franklin Butler, she sank after striking the Burlington Breakwater in 1876, while carrying a load of marble. Her virtually intact wreck, discovered in 1980, is a Vermont State Historic Site and a popular dive site; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]