Lake George (New York)

Lake George is a long, narrow lake at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains in the north of the State of New York.

Geography

Lake George is 52 km long, its width varies between 1.5 and 5 km. He is with the Lake Champlain by a short river, the La Chute, associated with numerous falls and rapids, which loses about 50 vertical meters to 5 km in length. At the south end of the lake is the village of Lake George, Ticonderoga is located at the north end.

History

The first European French explorer Samuel de Champlain visited the area. He saw the lake, according to his diary on July 3, 1609 but did not name it. 1646 named him the French missionary Isaac Jogues as Lac du Saint- Sacrement ( " Lake of the Holy Sacrament ").

During the French and Indian War ( Seven Years War ) ( 1754-1763 ) occupied on August 28, 1755, British troops under Sir William Johnson, the area of the lake. They named him around after King George II in Lake George. At the southern end of the lake, the British built Fort William Henry. In its vicinity there came on September 8, 1755 for the Battle of Lake George, the British defeated a French expeditionary corps under Ludwig August von Dieskau.

The French responded to the construction of Fort William Henry with the construction of Fort Carillon (Fort Ticonderoga ) at the point at which the La Chute flows into Lake Champlain. These fortifications controlled the waterway between Canada and New York and were therefore fought over several times. The French under Louis -Joseph de Montcalm captured in August 1757 Fort William Henry, the British suffered in the Battle of Ticonderoga on July 8, 1758 a defeat, but could the fort on June 25, 1759 occupy. Thus, the British were able to maintain possession of the region final.