What to see in America . 88 What to See in America of the river, right where the stream begins its chaotic tumbleof seventy-two feet down the ledges, was the scene of some ofthe most thrilling incidents in J. Fenimore Coopers TheLast of the Mohicans. We are now near Lake George, thirty-three miles long, andfor the most part two or three broad. It has two hundredand twenty islands, and many a wooded guardian heightrises from its borders. At the southern end the old embank-ments of Fort William Henry can still be traced, and othercolonial forts in the region survive in similar half-effacedhilloc
What to see in America . 88 What to See in America of the river, right where the stream begins its chaotic tumbleof seventy-two feet down the ledges, was the scene of some ofthe most thrilling incidents in J. Fenimore Coopers TheLast of the Mohicans. We are now near Lake George, thirty-three miles long, andfor the most part two or three broad. It has two hundredand twenty islands, and many a wooded guardian heightrises from its borders. At the southern end the old embank-ments of Fort William Henry can still be traced, and othercolonial forts in the region survive in similar half-effacedhillocks. There was fighting around Lake George for years,in which French, English, and Indians all took part, andmany were the wild and savage deeds done. The water issurprisingly translucent, and you can watch the gambols of.
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