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ID: 1116393
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1116393
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of George, Lake (lake)  George, Lake (lake)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 073 25 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -73.4167  decimal degrees

Note: Glacial lake in the foothills of the Adirondack mountains; first sighted by Europeans in 1646; was major north-south route for Native Americans & colonists; was scene of many battles during French & Indian War of 1756-1763 & during American Revolution.

Names:
George, Lake (preferred,C,V)  ............ named for British king George II in 1755
Lake George (C,V,display)
Lac du St. Sacrement (H,V)  ............ named by French Jesuit priest in 17th cen.
Lake Of The Blessed Sacrament (C,V)
Le Lac Due Saint Sacrement (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of George, Lake (lake)  ................  George, Lake (lake) (P)

Place Types:
lake (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
George, Lake..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 328
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36032139
Lac du St. Sacrement..........  [VP]
...................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 328
Lake George..........  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Lake Of The Blessed Sacrament..........  [VP]
..................................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36032139
Le Lac Due Saint Sacrement..........  [VP]
...............................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36032139
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 328
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36032139
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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