Lake George - Queen of the Adirondacks
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
Known as the Queen of American Lakes, Lake George has long been a figure in US history and a coveted vacation destination in the Adirondack Park for over 150 years.
First named Lac du Saint Sacrament (Lake of the Blessed Sacrament) by the French, it was renamed Lake George in 1755 in honor of King George II. Its figure looms large in Revolutionary War history and as the background for James Fenimore Cooper’s great American novel, The Last of the Mohicans.
“Lake George is, without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw.”
In 1869, a young preacher from Boston named William H.H. Murray published a guidebook extolling the virtues of the wild forests, miles of rivers, and lakes and ponds of the Adirondack mountains, and a phenomenon was born. He promoted hiking, boating, and fishing as the ultimate cure for stressed-out urban-dwelling Americans.
In the wake of the horrific Civil War and escalating industrialization, the idea of getting away from it all took hold quickly. In fact, Murray created such rabid demand for refuge from urban life that many visitors came unprepared for the vagaries of Adirondack life, and a backlash ensued.
Nevertheless, the Adirondacks have only grown in popularity since that time. At 6 million acres, the Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States. And Lake George is known as the Queen of American Lakes.
Today, Lake George's 32-mile stretch of water is home to myriad delights. Towns such as Bolton Landing, Diamond Point and Hague dot its shores, and the nearby villages of Lake Luzerne and Warrensburg expand the opportunities for visitors to appreciate the best of the Adirondacks.
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