New York

Fred and Lois-The Travelin' Texans


Albany sign	Lake George, NY


Boat house to match home

Minnie Ha-Ha - Steam Paddlewheeler

	Piston of one steam engine	Paddle wheel from the inside of the engine room

Diamond Island	Parasailing

Fred and Bob - Bob is 34 years old	Lois and Flash	Two rumps-Guess whose is whose?

New York High Peaks Info Center		AuSable Chasm waterfalls-We came upon this sight just before we arrived at Port Kent ferry to Vermont

Lake George is in the northeastern part of NY State, about 40 miles north of Albany. It is 32 miles long and 3 miles wide at it widest part and is fed by mammouth underground springs. The water is so clear that many people use it for their drinking water at their lake homes. It is 195 ft. deep in some places.

Years ago Lake George was used by the Iroquois Indians as the main water route between the Hudson River and Lake Champlain to the north. It must have been an exciting trip because Lake Champlain is 210 feet lower than Lake George. The Iroquois actually called the water "An-di-a-ta-roc-te", meaning, "There Where the Lake Is Shut In". The first white men to see the lake were French that came into the area in 1642. In 1775, while the French tried to make inroads into the New World, the colonists fought the French here at the Lake and renamed it Lake George in honor of King George of England. Fort William Henry was built on the southern shores and when the American Revolution began. The capture of Fort William by the American forces was the first victory of the American Revolution.

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