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Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, [2] is a long, ... an island-filled narrow section (approximately five miles [8 km] long) that is bordered on the ...
The name of Lake Welaka is taken from "Welaka" (meaning "chain of lakes"), the name for the St. Johns River in Muskogee language of the Seminole. [2] The first European to visit the lake was Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who as the Spanish governor of Florida, explored the St. Johns River in the spring of 1596.
Iliamna Lake: Alaska: 1,014 sq mi 2,626 km 2: natural 8 Great Salt Lake: Utah: 950 sq mi 2,460 km 2: natural salt [4] 9 Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake ...
Eleven Mile State Park is a Colorado State Park located in Park County, 11 miles (18 km) south of Lake George, Colorado, United States.Established in 1970, the 7,662-acre (31.01 km 2) park surrounds 3,405-acre (13.78 km 2), 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long Eleven Mile Canyon Reservoir.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 32.7 square miles (85 km 2), of which 30.2 square miles (78 km 2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2) (7.49%) is water. According to the Lake George Association, Lake George is 32 miles in length and a maximum of two miles in width. [8]
The old Post Office is now part of Granite Canyon General Store located in the heart of Lake George. About 42.3 miles (68.1 km) northwest of Colorado Springs and 7.3 miles (11.7 km) northwest of Florissant, [4]: 231 the town of Lake George was established in 1891 [5] as a railroad stop for the Colorado Midland Railway (CM) [6] which had been ...
The St. Johns creeps into the southern tip of Lake George, the second largest lake in Florida at 72 square miles (190 km 2), 6 miles (9.7 km) wide and 12 miles (19 km) long. [21] The watershed surrounding Lake George expands through 3,590 square miles (9,300 km 2), lying within Ocala National Forest and Lake George State Forest, that protect an ...
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.