Lake George Steamboat Company

Marker is on Beach Road near U.S. 9, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lake George

Historic New York

The natural route by water and portage between the St. Lawrence River and the Hudson River traversed Lake George. Christened Lac du Saint Sacrement in 1646 by the Jesuit missionary, Isaac Jogues, it was renamed in 1755 ...

Battle of Lake George

Sept. 8, 1755

Right of Monument:

Defeat would have

opened the road to

Albany to the French

Back of Monument:

1903

The Society of Colonial Wars

erected this monument to commemorate

the victory of the colonial forces

under General William ...

Lake George in the American Revolution

Lake George Battlefield Park

Lake George played an important role throughout the American Revolution as a transportation route, staging area and outpost. In December 1775, as some American troops were ferried north during their abortive invasion of Canada, Colonel Henry Knox’s ...

The 1755 Battle of Lake George

Lake George Battlefield Park

In September 1755, a Colonial army commanded by Major General William Johnson camped on this location in preparation for an advance against the French Fortress of St. Frederic at Crown Point on Lake Champlain. On September 8, ...