our guest from new york is alex wellerstein.t the bottom of the hour, we will go back to our earlier question on al franken. this weekend under c-span cities tour, we traveled to burlington, vermont, as we explore the history and literary scene at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3's american history tv. all is available online at a website that www.c-span.org. >> lake champlain is a 120 mile long water superhighway that cuts between the green mountains of vermont and the outer index of new york. miles and490 square for all of human history in the champlain valley, it has served as a corridor for commerce, conflict, and today, it is a great place for recreation. the late is called lake champlain because they french explorer named champlain. he had been invited on a tour by some of his native american allies from the st. lawrence river valley. upon their journey south along this 120 mile long lake, the encountered the iroquois. the iroquois and champlain vying for the trade routes and the square mesh broke out. -- end of square mesh broke up.