Oakledge

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Oakledge
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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.
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Hard at Work
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What We Discovered
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Then and Now
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Oakledge Manor
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
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Chimneys in the woods
The chimneys found in the woods are remains of
the bungalows. There were eight of them. We were
only able to find seven.
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Oakledge From the Air
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
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.
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Monkton Quartzite
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.
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The Oakledge Group
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