What's going on in Lake George?
Chicken croquettes from Canoe Island Lodge, stuffed mushrooms from Lizzie Keays and the Lone Bull Pancake House’s sausage gravy on biscuits are just some of … Read more
Beginning July 1, 2022, the Lake George Battlefield Park Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) will be open Fridays through Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The … Read more
The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance will be conducting guided tours of the Park’s unique history as part of New York State’s spring Path Through … Read more
Four colonial soldiers, we don’t know their names, are buried in Lake George’s Battlefield Park. They died Sept. 8, 1755, as part of The Bloody … Read more
The idea to build a visitor center in Lake George’s Battlefield Park was conceived more than a century ago when New York State acquired the … Read more
The 18th Century will meet the 21st this summer behind the thick walls of Fort William Henry Museum. The Museum opens May 1 for its … Read more
Parks & Trails New York has awarded the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance a $2,040 matching grant to promote the Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) and … Read more
“These were farmers and craftsmen, people who joined the militia to protect their country, to protect them from Indian raids,” says Lyn Karig Hohmann. “These … Read more
The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance is holding a Memorial Day 2021 service at the grave of the Four Unknown Soldiers on Monday, May 31 … Read more
Autumn leaves and 18th Century military uniforms colored the Fort William Henry grounds this Saturday at the Fort’s annual Adirondack Reenactor’s Meet and Sutler Fair. … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has put on hold many Lake George Battlefield Park activities this summer. In May, the DEC posted “no picnicking” signs throughout the … Read more
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World did not, at first, resound loudly in the Adirondacks. Local independent historian and educator Marie D.A. Williams, in her … Read more
Image: Artistic rendering of a specter some claim to have experienced in Lake George Lake George Village draws tens of thousands of visitors each year, … Read more
Louise Beckerie Rourke was an infant in 1954 when polio paralyzed her right leg. Sixty-four years later, she swam the 32-mile length of Lake George … Read more
“The Battle of Lake George was 1755. That was a pretty disastrous year for the British,” says Lyn Karig Hohmann, President of the Lake George … Read more
They are the oldest recognized unknown American Soldiers in the nation. The remains of four men killed in the September 8, 1755 Battle of Lake … Read more
Craft brews, wine and spirits were served up with musket fire as Fort William Henry commemorated the 262nd anniversary of Vaudreuil’s Raid. The Battle and … Read more
The 2019 Academy Awards Best Picture winner Green Book recalls a pre-Civil Rights Act America where black travelers needed a guide to navigate Jim Crow … Read more