JPB, it has been a few years, but I do remember the beautiful rocky river flowing past the old mill as we went to the fairgrounds every day, and an awesome seafood joint in an antique house by the lake.
I will see if I saved any of the pix of the rig on the ferry...
That would have been the Winooski River as it passed between Winooski and Burlington. The restaurant might have been the Ice House just up from the ferry landing.