New York (State). Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission

New York (State). Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission was a state commission formed to organize and document the Champlain tercentenary celebration connected with the 300th anniversary of Samuel Champlain’s 1609 exploration of Lake Champlain. Library and catalog records for its publications identify the commission as the author of major volumes issued in Albany in the early 1910s, including The Champlain tercentenary and the later Final report of the New York Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission.

The commission’s books were not the work of a single writer alone. Catalog records and digitized editions also credit figures including Henry Wayland Hill, described as secretary of the commission, and H. Wallace Knapp, identified with the commission’s leadership. Together, these volumes preserve speeches, commemorative events, historical essays, and accounts of how New York marked the anniversary.

For listeners and readers today, the commission’s work offers more than an official report. It opens a window onto how early twentieth-century New York presented regional history, public memory, and patriotic celebration, especially in communities tied to Lake Champlain and Crown Point.