Burlington's Waterfront Park is a quiet, long, and narrow city park with open spaces for all the picnics, dog walking, and public events you could imagine. Although there's a number of surrounding businesses, a modest board walk, two nearby marinas, a bike path and a skate park, poor planning and lack of investments have managed to squelch these potential highlights. Despite the 400 year maritime history of Burlington, You could easily overlook the fact that this was once the world's largest lumber port because of the scarce historical information. However you could sign up for a pricey one hour segwey tour or just make an effort to find a sporadically placed plaque. It's seems such a pitty that this vast waterfront area is underutilized. The Lake Champlain Chamber of Regional Commerce could take a que from the tourism boards of Boston or any other waterfront town across the world. If the Waterfront Park were in any other state the charm would be off the scale. If you are well traveled, you'll agree that the park is REALLY missing something. The true character comes from views of the Adirondack Mountains and tiny towns of New York. The charm it does have comes from the random mix of people you'd meet. Aside from mountain views, 4th of July/New Year's Eve fireworks, several summer concerts, or the penguin plunge, a majority of the waterfront is pretty unremarkable at best. The main draw is ECHO Center which is an attraction similar to Boston's Aquarium, but on a smaller scale. It's also sad that the lack of infrastructure and interest have a negative affect on the flow of tourist dollars in this sleepy New England town.