Built in 1906 for the Champlain Transportation Company, the 220-foot Ticonderoga served a daily north-south route on Lake Champlain, carrying passengers along with local farm produce, livestock, and dry goods. America’s last remaining walking beam side-wheel passenger steamer, it was also used as a troop ferry during both World Wars and later briefly operated as a floating casino. In 1955, it was moved two miles overland on specially laid tracks from Shelburne Bay to the Museum. Today it portrays life on board in 1923, with listening stations providing firsthand accounts of work and travel.