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zab

11/03/24 12:35 PM

#499934 RE: fuagf #499933

Thank you, you can still drink lake water, but even in my day I used an extra filter, and only for my morning coffee. I could talk for hours of this beautiful lake, it's 32 miles long, and almost 400-500 ft deep in a few places. I am more of southern east side guy, it's where I began my education with a 14ft aluminum boat and a 10 hp Johnson engine, it was perfect for a 12 year old kid.
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sideeki

11/03/24 1:45 PM

#499939 RE: fuagf #499933

Fort Ticonderoga and the Lake George area is very beautiful.

The Fort was captured from the British in the Revolutionary War by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys.

Doing the impossible, that winter Colonel Knox moved the cannon through the wilderness by building roads through to Boston 200 miles away.
General Washington put the cannon on Dorchester Heights overnight like was done at Bunker Hill to surprise the British. A few lobed shells resulted in an agreement that the British left Boston without damage and Washington didn't bombard them and their ships.

That was March 17th, a Boston holiday to this day although it was a good reason for Boston politicians to celebrate St. Patrick's Day also.
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janice shell

11/03/24 7:08 PM

#499986 RE: fuagf #499933

lol, when I went to Fort Ticonderoga, there wasn't all that fancy stuff. As I recall, there was maybe a guy who'd answer questions, but it wasn't exactly thronged with visitors.