Ship to sail on Chautauqua Lake

Submitted PhotoA replica of an authentic Viking ship is scheduled to sail along Chautauqua Lake today

7/26/2006 - As a prelude to the Fifth Annual Scandinavian Folk Festival being held at Jamestown Community College’s Jamestown Campus July 28 through 30, a replica of an authentic Viking ship is scheduled to sail along Chautauqua Lake today. The Norseman and its nine-member Viking crew will visit students at Love Elementary School early in the morning before entering the lake at Long Point State Park at 11:30 a.m. to sail to Bemus Point where they will dock from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The next stop for the ship is Chautauqua Institution where the crew plans to dock from 3 to 4 p.m. before traveling to the Viking Lake Park to dock from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. The ship will return to Bemus Point to dock from 6:30 to 8 p.m. At each point in the itinerary, crew members will discuss the ship and Viking traditions. Throughout the festival, the Norseman and its crew will be part of the Viking Village on the JCC Campus. The Norseman is one of two replicas operated by Leif Ericson Viking Ship, Inc. of Philadelphia, Pa., a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to the study, education, and promotion of Leif Ericson as the first European to set foot upon and explore the North American Continent and of Vikings in general. For additional information on the festival, call 716/338-1187 or visit http://www.scandinavianjamestown.org./

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