Oakledge
Oakledge Park
Our site is located on Lake Champlain. We started
investigating the area on Monday and we took a tour of the
entire park. We discovered many surprising historical artifacts
like chimneys in the woods.
Hard at Work
What We Discovered
Then and Now
Oakledge manor was a
beautiful house located
where one of the
pavilions now sit. The
manor was turned into a
resort by Allen S. Beach.
The city of Burlington
bought the property in
1971, and the fire dept
burned the house down
twenty-five days later.
Photo courtesy of Shelburne Farms Collection
The chimneys found in the
woods are remains of the
bungalows. There were eight of
them. We were only able to find
seven.
1937
Oakledge From the Air
1999
38% loss of greenspace (1932 to 1999)
330% increase in pavement and buildings
These maps show that pavement and buildings have replaced grass and forests in the
Oakledge area drainage basin. On the maps, dark green represents trees, light green is
fields, brown is roads, red is buildings, blue is water, and yellow is beach
1660% more runoff from packed dirt than from grass
Water is absorbed by soil and vegetation, but runs off roads and buildings. Also, runoff
from thick grass was clean, while runoff from the parking area was contaminated.
Monkton Quartzite was
formed half a billion years
ago. The sand it was
created from was sand of
the tropical Iapetus
Ocean. The park was
changed dramatically in
the past hundred years,
while these rocks have
remained unchanged.
Leaders:
Paul Bierman
Helen Overeynder
Claire Dacey
Team O:
Tim Sparano, Pete Foote
Anne Perry Daniels, Sarah Van Dyke
Eric LaMontagne, Zac Harwood
Tyler Kieft, Chris Persico
Maia Hansen, Kerry Leonard
Nicole Underhill, Melissa Perry, Greg Foley