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The Fort Gates Ferry is an auto ferry that crosses the St. Johns River in Florida, downstream of Lake George and just upstream of Little Lake George, at Fruitland Cove. The oldest operating ferry in Florida, it acts as part of the Florida Black Bear Scenic Byway .
The Lake George Steamboat Company currently operates three boats: The Minne-Ha-Ha (meaning laughing waters) is the last steamboat operating on Lake George; the Mohican II, which has been in continuous service for over 100 years and is the oldest passenger vessel in the United States; [5] and the Lac Du Saint Sacrement, the largest and most ...
Since 1913, on the East Shore of Lake George, YMCA Camp Chingachgook has hosted thousands of guests every summer. [citation needed] Lake George is accessible by car via Interstate 87 and by air from Albany International Airport, which is about 45 miles (72 km) away. Today, Lake George remains a tourism destination, resort center, and summer ...
[3] The name “Lac Du Saint Sacrement” comes from the original name of Lake George until it was renamed in 1755 after King George II. Lac du Saint Sacrement, the original name of the Lake until the English won the French and Indian War in 1756, was given by Father Isaac Jogues, a French Canadian missionary who found the lake in 1646.
George Hingston Lake (1847–1900), politician in the early days of colonial South Australia; George Lake (footballer) (1889–1918), English footballer; George Lake Aerodrome, a privately owned ice runway located on George Lake, Nunavut, Canada; St. George Lake, a lake in Waldo County, Maine; Lake George, a crime thriller film by Jeffrey Reiner
The new floating boardwalk on Lake Williams in Marlborough will open this spring, Jan. 22, 2024. The floating boardwalk is more than 3,000 feet long and about 8 feet wide, according to City ...
Local springs in Lake George (and throughout the St Johns River) impart enough salt to the system to make the habitat suitable to resident and migratory marine species like Atlantic stingray, various species of mullet, striped bass and blue crabs. There is a large enough blue crab population to support a local fishery, making it one of the only ...
Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area as seen from the lookout tower, March 2019 Grand Bay is a 13,000-acre (53 km 2 ) swamp located in Lanier County and Lowndes County , Georgia . It consists of Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area , an educational wildlife area, and Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge , a recreational and educational lake.