Oakledge

Oakledge ParkOur 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 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

Oakledge From the Air

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