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Lake George is rated Class AA-Special by New York State and is considered drinking water. Despite being one of the top ten cleanest lakes in the United States in 2023 and 2024, Lake George is also on New York's 303(d) list of impaired waterbodies.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km 2), all land.It is situated beside Lake George.The village is located approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of Albany and about 200 miles (320 km) north of New York City and northwest of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Land Tortoise was a military transport ship built for service on Lake George, New York during the French and Indian War. The vessel, a radeau (raft), was built in 1758, and was intentionally sunk later that year with the intention of raising her for use in 1759. This did not happen, and the sunken vessel was discovered in 1990.
Gaslight Village was a Vaudeville themed amusement park in Lake George, New York. The park was located along New York State Route 9N, U.S. Route 9 and Warren County Route 69 (West Brook Road) in the village. It opened in 1959, designed by Arto Monaco and built by amusement park builder Charles Wood.
Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort's construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, during the French and Indian War , as a staging ground for attacks against the French position at Fort St. Frédéric .
Kattskill Bay is a hamlet in the towns of Queensbury in Warren County [2] and Fort Ann in Washington County [1] in the state of New York, United States. The hamlet is located along the shore of Warner and Van Warmer Bays of Lake George. [2] Kattskill Bay was part of the proposed East Lake George village. [3]
The Old Warren County Courthouse Complex is located at the corner of Amherst and Canada streets (US 9/NY 9N) in Lake George, New York, United States. It is a large brick building erected in five stages from the 1840s to the 1890s. Not all of the stages built are extant. [2]
Royal C. Peabody Estate, also known as Wikiosco ("Home of Beautiful Waters"), is a historic lakefront estate located at Lake George, Warren County, New York.It was built about 1905 and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, asymmetrical Tudor Revival–style summer residence.