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LAKE GEORGE STEAMBOAT CO.<br />
Celebrating 200 Years • <strong>18</strong>17~<strong>2017</strong><br />
Lac du Saint Sacrement<br />
Luncheon & Dinner Cruises<br />
Sunday Prime Rib Dinner<br />
Monday St. Louis Ribs<br />
Special Theme Dinners<br />
Fireworks Cruise<br />
M.V. Mohican<br />
Paradise Bay &<br />
Islands of “Narrows” Cruises<br />
Full Lake Cruise<br />
Taco, Mac ‘n Cheese, Pizza<br />
& Pasta Cruises<br />
Sternwheel Steamboat<br />
Minne-Ha-Ha<br />
Daily One Hour<br />
Paddlewheel Cruises<br />
Friday Pirate’s Cruise<br />
& Moonlight Cruises<br />
13<br />
57 Beach Road • Lake George, NY<br />
Information and Reservations • 5<strong>18</strong>-668-5777, ext. 4 • LakeGeorgeSteamboat.com<br />
Celebrating 200 Years of<br />
Cruising The Past & Present<br />
In <strong>2017</strong>, the Lake George Steamboat Company will be celebrating<br />
200 years of being in business, the longest continuously operated<br />
boat company in the world. We are planning many special events<br />
during the months of <strong>2017</strong>, including special cruises, dock concerts,<br />
special mementos and drinks, and other occasions to celebrate<br />
our unique business, the community and other businesses of Lake<br />
George, and the Queen of American Lakes, Lake George.<br />
On April 15, <strong>18</strong>17, the Lake George Steamboat Company was<br />
incorporated by the Legislature of the State of New York. Our young<br />
America was, in <strong>18</strong>17, also busting out in relatively untroubled years<br />
following the conclusion of the War of <strong>18</strong>12. The Louisiana Purchase<br />
had almost doubled the land area of the United States, Lewis and<br />
Clark had carried our Flag to the Pacific Ocean, James Monroe (the<br />
Fifth and last of the founding fathers to be elected President) had<br />
just taken the oath of office. Still living were Thomas Jefferson, John<br />
Adams, James Madison and Andrew Jackson (future President). Napoleon<br />
Bonaparte was living as a prisoner on the Island of St. Helena.<br />
The Lake George<br />
area, Ticonderoga and<br />
south to Lake George<br />
Village (then known as<br />
Caldwell), was familiar<br />
to the many soldiers who<br />
had fought in the French<br />
& Indian War and in the<br />
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Revolutionary War. As more people came to this area, townships such<br />
as Hague and Bolton and Caldwell were formed. By <strong>18</strong>19, Caldwell<br />
was estimated to have 500-600 people.<br />
As the <strong>18</strong>00s went by, the rich and famous began coming from<br />
New York City and other cities on the East Coast to vacation and<br />
spend summers here on the Lake. Before the roads were built, people<br />
would arrive at the Steamboat Station (now our gift shop) on trains<br />
run by the Delaware and Hudson Railway, transfer to steamboats, and<br />
complete their journey further up the Lake to their homes or summer<br />
hotels. The Steamboats would also deliver mail and provisions<br />
to towns along the Lake.<br />
Fifteen ships have sailed for us throughout our 199-year history.<br />
You know about the three ships that sail for us right now, but you may<br />
not know about the 12 fine vessels that have sailed for us in previous<br />
years. The Steamboat company’s first boat was the “James Caldwell”,<br />
80’ long and 20’ wide, whose best speed was 4 mph. She was followed<br />
by the” Mountaineer”, the “William Caldwell”, the “John<br />
Jay”, the first “Minne Ha Ha”, the “Ganouskie”, the first “Horicon”,<br />
the first “Ticonderoga”, the first “Mohican”, the “Sagamore”,<br />
the second “Horicon”,<br />
and the second “Ticonderoga”<br />
(which went out<br />
of service in 1994). Currently<br />
sailing are the second<br />
“Mohican”, the second<br />
“Minne Ha Ha”, and<br />
the “Lac du Saint Sacrement”.<br />
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