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