Description: Reclus16_15 1892 Reclus print LAKE GEORGE, NEW YORK STATE (#15) Nice view titled Lac George, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. page size is 28 x 18 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Click here or image for larger version Lake George, lake in northeastern New York, U.S.; it is 32 mi (51 km) long, 1 to 4 mi wide and extends northward from Lake George village to Ticonderoga, where it is connected to Lake Champlain through a narrow channel which descends 220 ft (67 m) in a series of cataracts and waterfalls. Located in the foothills of the Adirondacks at an elevation of 317 ft above sea level and surrounded by low mountains, including Mts. Prospect (1,705 ft) and Black (2,665 ft), the lake is of glacial origin, has a maximum depth of about 200 ft, and is fed by mountain streams and submerged springs. Dotted with islands, it is noted for its scenic beauty and is a popular resort area. It was known to the Indians as Andiatarocte (meaning "place where the lake contracts"). The first Europeans to see the lake were probably Father Isaac Jogues, a French Jesuit missionary, and his companions, René Goupil and Guillaume Conture, who were being taken by their Indian captors to the town of the Mohawks in 1642. Father Jogues returned to the lake in 1646 and christened it Lac du Saint-Sacrement. In 1755 Gen. Sir William Johnson renamed it for King George II. James Fenimore Cooper refers to it in his novels as Lake Horicon. Strategically located at the head of the valley extending northward to the St. Lawrence, the lake was the scene of numerous battles during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. The Battle of Lake George (commemorated by a monument and state park) took place just south of the lake on Sept. 8, 1755, when Gen. William Johnson defeated a force of French Canadians and Indians led by Baron Ludwig August Dieskau. Following the battle, Johnson built Ft. William Henry (now restored), which was replaced (1759) by Ft. George (ruins remain). During the American Revolution, the Green Mountain Boys under Ethan Allen captured Ft. Ticonderoga at the falls on the lake's outlet.
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Date of Creation: 1800-1899
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