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LAKE GEORGE (2 (ILLUSTRATED,) AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN. A BOOK OF TO-DAY. REVISED ANNUALLY. EIGHTEENTH EDITION. GLENS FALLS, N. Y. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. Copyright, 1888, by S. R. Stoddard. INDEX. \<sVk In General page. Hundred J s 1 a n d Tongue Mountain.. 92 A. C. A... 66 House. 92 Twin Mountains.. 114 Abercrombie. 42 Indians. 36 Lake Champlain Amherst.!... 42 Island Harbor. 117 Discovery. 127 Battle of Lake George, 38 Kattskill House.... 69 Map.. 128 Bloody Pond.27, 30 Lake House. 55 Adirondack Springs.. 139 Bolton. 73 Lake View House.. 73 AuSable Chasm.147 Bosom, The. 109 Locust Grove House 74 Map. 148 Caldwell. 57 Marion House. 71 Boquet River.. 143 Camp Life, Outfit, etc. 85 Mohican House.... 74 Burlington. 145 Champlain Lake. 127 Pearl Point........ 96 Calamity Point.140 (See special index.) Phoenix Hotel. 115 Carillon. 136 Dieskau, Baron. 37 Rockwell House... 21 Champlain’s battle Discovery. 34 Rising House. _ 117 with the Iroquois... 132 Diamond Point. 65 Rogers’ Rock Hotel 120 Colchester Point .... 146 Dunham’s Bay. 63 Sagamore, The. 76 Crown Point.136 Father J ogues. 34 Sheldon House. 68 Crown Point Ruins... 137 Fort George. 43 Sherman House.... 99 Cumberland Head.... 153 Fort William Henry, Stewart House. 75 Essex... 143 Capture, Massacre.. 40 Trout House. ..... 116 Fort Caesin. 141 Forest Commission... 84 Trout Pavalion. 68 Fort Montgomery.... 153 French Point. 99 Vanderberg House. 75 Fort Putnam. 131 Game Laws. 33 Wells House. 74 Fort St. Frederick_137 Glens Falls.13-24 Islands Fort Ticonderoga.... 135 Glen Lake. 27 “As You Were ”... 98 Map. 125 Hague. 115 Belvoir Island. 76 Capture by Amherst.. 134 Hendrick, King. 29 Burnt Island. 98 Ethan Allen. 135 Johnson, Gen . 37 Canoe Islands. 65 Burgoyne. 135 Hotels. Special head. Crown Island.. 76 Ruins .132 Islands, ownership... 85 Diamond Island.... 64 Map.134 (Special head.) Elizabeth Island... 69 Hotels Lake George Assem¬ Floating Battery... 102 Allen House.140 bly. 67 Fo u r te e n Mile Green M’t’n View Montcalm. 39 Island.... 77 House. 144 Narrows, The. 97 Green Island. 80 Hotel Windsor.... 153 New Features. 9 Half-Way Island... 102 Lake House (Crown Paradise Bay. 98 Harbor Islands. 103 Point)..136 Railroads. See p. 155. Hen and Chickens.. 84 Lake View House.. 147 Rogers’ Slide. 119 Long Island. -65 Lee House.138 Sabbath Day Point... 110 Mother Bunch. 102 Richards House.... 140 Saratoga. See inverse Oahu Island. 76 VanNess House.... 146 side this book, spe¬ Phantom Island.... 97 Westport Inn :.... 140 cial index. Prisoners’ Isle. 123 Islands Steamboats ..44-169 Recluse Island. 72 Crab Island. 150 St. Mary’s of the Lake 67 Scotch Bonnet..... 114 Four Brothers. 144 Stone Face.118 Tea Island. 62 Isle La Motte.153 Ticonderoga (Fort)... 132 Three Sirens. 102 Juniper Island....* 144 Ticonderoga (Village) 125 Vicar s Island ,. 106 Rock Dunder. 144 War Vessel. 56 Maps » South Hero. 153 Williams, Col.Ephr’m 29 Large Colored Map, Valcour Island. 149 WilliamsMonument.. 29 Inside Front' "Cover La Plotte River.145 Hotels.49-155 Bolton.. 73 Mineville. 138 Agawam. 72 Caldwell. 57 Otter Creek.141 Bolton House. 75 Hotels. 62 Plattsburgh. 150 Burleigh House.... 126 Kattskill Bay. 68 Battle of.. 151 Carpenter House... 55 Narrows. 77 Port Henry. 138 Central Hotel. 56 Ticonderoga. 125 Port Kent. 146 Crosbyside. 58 Ticonderoga Ruins. 134 Rouse’s Point . 153 Diam o n d Point Mountains Skeensborough. 130 nouse. 65 Anthony’s Nose.... 118 Shelburne Harbor.... 144 Ft. George Hotel... 57 Black Mountain i... 100 South Bay. 131 Ft. Wm. Henry Buck Mountain.... 69 Split Rock. 141 Hotel. 49 Deer’s Leap . 109 Steamer Chateaugay. 139 Goodman House... 75 Defiance. 126 Steamer Vermont ... 131 Grove Hotel. 68 Elephant, The... 110 Steamer Water Lily.. 140 Hillside House. 116 Pilot Mountain.... 69 Vergennes.141 Ilorican Lodge. 67 Prospect Mountain. 57 Westport. 139 Horicon Pavilion... 100 Rogers’Rock Moun¬ Whitehall.130 Hulett’s Landing tain . 119 Willsborough Point.. 143 Hotel. 109 Shelving Rock. 82 STRONG conviction of duty, a laudable de¬ sire to give informa¬ tion, and a philanthropic willingness to contribute some¬ thing, in shape of advice, to a long suffering people, coupled with the known fact that the public demand some source wherefrom can be drawn, as from a living fountain, supplies of knowledge, has induced the author, in a fit of temporary insanity, to attempt the semi-literary feat of perpetrating a guide book. 1 shall endeavor to write of Lake George as it appears to me, giving my impressions of things in general, “with malice toward none, with charity for all,” and if I err in judgment, if I either wrong or unduly extoll the virtues of any person, place 8 Lake George. or thing, it will be an error of the head and not the heart. My aim is to answer questions oftenest asked, to tell of things that seem most to interest the public, and in so doing will probably say many foolish things and talk about little things, but it is well to remember that life is made up of little things, and a laughing baby is more endurable than a cross philosopher, therefore do not expect bomb-shells from a shot gun, or very much sense in the follow¬ ing pages. Although the main object is to give information (for a consideration), I may occasionally slop over into sentiment, but will try and not afflict my read¬ ers very often in that way, while for the benefit of such as are in constant danger of making mistakes, 1 will point out places where it is considered emi¬ nently proper to go into ecstacies over scenery, etc. I am not going to write a history, however, because the wear and tear on an ordinary brain must be immense; and, moreover, the country is full of them. All others who have written of the silvery lake have made discoveries, I have not. I regret exceedingly that such is the case. 1 have, however, served the principal events up in a new dress, and in the light of later revelations, twisted some of the old ones about so as to answer every purpose ; but it all happened some time ago, is, Ego 9 consequently of little interest to the general reader und has, therefore, been given in small doses, which may be skipped at pleasure for the hotels and other things of the present day. Thanks are due (in the first edition, as is custom¬ ary) to many kind friends for help in bringing it to a head, and especially to Dr. A. W. Holden, the historian, for valuable assistance in the particu¬ lar branch which has been his life study and as such to be relied on. Prefaces are detestable and seldom read, but if nothing was created in vain the writer hopes, by putting this excuse among the legitimate reading matter, that some absent minded ones may possibly struggle through to the end before discovering their mistake, and thus become acquainted with a few of the reasons, and perhaps think kindly of him who now bids farewell to earthly fears, and wades shiveringly into the surging sea of literature. Glens Falls, May, 1873. S. R. S. The narrative portion and ancient history contained in the following- pages were written as above ; the more modern history and the advice at a later date, at intervals when ripening years and the annual revision seemed to make such new matter timely. The above, which appeared in the first edition, has been retained as a relic of Lake George. What follows is an arrangement of old and new matter in convenient form, and it is believed, gives the reader about all the information that can be digested in a trip through the lake — the numer¬ ous cuts and small maps rendering him or her independent of outside help. The increasing sales have also made it possible to give the large colored map of Lake George, surveyed and published by the author in 1879-80 and revised to date, with the book without increasing the price — and yet there’s more to follow. June 25, 1888. S. V' N - FF for Lake George! How the heart bounds and the pulse quickens at the very sound of the words that bring with them v thoughts of the holy lake. In fancy we once again breathe the air, heavy with the odor of pines and cedar, or fragrant wit! the breath of blossoming clover.. Again we wander among the daisies and but¬ tercups that gem the hillside, sloping so gently down to where the wavelets kiss the white beach, or floating among the verdant islands watch the sunlight and shadows chase each other up the mountain side, while every crag and fleecy cloud is mirrored in the quiet waters below.