Aug 2-3, 2014

Lake George is a prime resort area located in upstate New York, in the Adirondack Mountains.  Looking at it today- with all of its tourists, boaters and  select resorts-its difficult to imagine it as the focal point of a desperate struggle between France and Britain for Empire, during a time period called the French & Indian War (1755-1763). This was the time and place that inspired James Coopers’ famous novel “The Last of the Mohicans”.  Hidden beneath its waves from casual view is a time capsule from that very time period- “North America’s oldest intact warship”. (more…)