Lake George has more than 200 islands, among the largest of which are Long and Big Burnt islands i Dome Island is the highest, Green Island is the most beautiful, and Dia mond the most celebrated historically and senti mentally; Tea —so-called from °a tea house' erected there in 1828; Recluse and Floating Bat tery, occupied by Abercrombie 1758; Fourteen Mile, used by Burgoyne's forces for camping purposes; Harbor Islands, scene of a bloody conflict (25 July 1757) between French and Indians and English; and Prisoners', at foot of lake, used by the French as a place of confine ment for captives. °The Narrows,' half way down, are narrow passages in the lake, clustered with large and small islands, known generally as the °Hundred Islands.' There are many indentations in the lake line, some forming large bays. The best known are Dunham's, Bolton, Northwest, in it self a considerable lake, Fourteen Mile and Paradise, the most beautiful bay in the world. The lake is well served by three fine steamers run in connection with the Delaware and Hud son Railroad and Champlain Transportation Line. The principal villages on the lake are
— Lake George, at the head, located in the town of Caldwell, Bolton Landing and Hague, near which are the Dixon graphite mines, the largest of their kind in existence. The ruins of Fort Ticonderoga (q.v.) are not far from the foot of the lake. Geologically, Lake George is thought to be a formation of the Glacial Age. To the mineralogical expert specimens of value are readily accessible in the surrounding moun tains. Garnets, resinites, cocolite, pyroxene, sphene, graphite and tourmaline are found at Rogers' Slide; feldspar, hermatite at or near Anthony's Nose; while the beach sands con tain powdered garnet, amethyst, crystal quartz, magnetic sand and epidote; on Diamond Island are found quartz crystals;, gold in non-paying quantities has also been discovered.
Consult Reid, George and Lake (New York 1910) ; Seelye, George in History> (Lake George 1897).