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Steamboat Horicon on Lake George, 1900 Lake George, 1862, painted by Martin Johnson Heade Lake George, c. 1860, painted by John Frederick Kensett. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza [ 1 ] Lake George , nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes , [ 2 ] is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake located at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains , in the ...
The Village of Lake George is a village within the town of Lake George in Warren County, New York, United States, located at the southern end of its namesake lake. The population was 906 at the 2010 census. [2] It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. [3]
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 .
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.
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]
Lake George Battlefield Park Historic District is a national historic district relating to the French and Indian War Battle of Lake George and located near Lake George in Warren County, New York. The parkland was purchased and developed by New York State between 1896 and 1965.
Owl's Nest, also known as the Edward Eggleston Estate, is a historic estate property located on the shore of Lake George in Queensbury, New York. Developed in the 1870s and 1880s, it was the home of Edward Eggleston (1837-1902), one of America's first realist writers. He began summering there in the 1870s and it was his permanent home from the ...
The shipwreck site of the motor launch Forward is located in Lake George, New York approximately three and one half miles north of the village of Lake George. The motor launch was built in 1906 by Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated (Morris Heights, New York City, New York). It was one of the first gasoline-powered ...