Visitors flock to the Lake George Region in the Adirondacks annually for their vacation destination.  Did you know that our region was the epicenter for our country's first real major world war?  What was life like for the Colonial Soldier and his family?   or where the 250 year old sunken boats are?

If you are looking for something unique and memorable to do on your vacation our Explore History walking tours in Lake George Village are the perfect fit!  These historic walking tours are educational, entertaining, good excercise and fun for all ages.

Come on one of our Lake George tours and see where  "The War that Made America really came true!" 

Or fast forward to the turn of the 19th Century and learn about the early heydays of Lake George in the raucous 1880's through early 1900's when Lake George made her reputation as the premier Adirondack retreat and earned the title of the "Queen of the American Lakes".

 Advance purchase highly recommended.                      Tours may sell out!         

Check availability & buy tickets online:                   
Lake George Walking History Tours
Or to purchase by phone call Zerve (800) 979-3370

             We offer TWO distinct tours about Lake George's history. 

A Lake George NY Vacation - Circa 1901 (1 hr)
Step back in time to the age of stagecoaches, railroad cars and steamboats on this delightful 1-hour easy stroll tour of Lake George's history.  Your costumed tour guide will wear either a Circa 1901 traveling outfit or if the weather is hot, perhaps even an early 1900's bathing suit!

• The Old County Courthouse (circa 1877) - This is the home of the Lake George Historical Association Museum and full of historical artifacts and exhibits of local history.  Your tour guide will show you a real mortar shell from the French & Indian War uncovered at Fort William Henry and a powderhorn scrimshawed by a soldier who was here over 250 years ago!  Maybe bump into a ghost in the old cellar full of the original jail cells!
• Steamboat Docks - These continue to be the home to passenger cruise boats that replicate the bygone era when steam was king and travel by boat was the way tourists could get to any one of dozens of grand hotels along the 131 mile long Lake George shoreline.
• Beach Road - This is notable for the grand Fort William Henry resort, its beautiful gardens and massive pergola that extended to the lake shore as well as the site of our original Casino. Find out the famous people who have stayed in rooms in the hotel...and what ghosts might still lurk there today!
  
• The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Depot (circa 1909) - With its Spanish Revival Architecture, this building tells a story about regional history.
• The Old Stone Store (circa 1819) - This is the oldest structure in Lake George.  Some of its original items that were for sale in this store in the early 1900's will be seen at the historical museum along the tour.

Here is what you will experience and learn about...

• King Hendricks & Sir William Johnston Monument pays tribute to two men from different backgrounds (British officer and Native American Chief)  who fought side by side to defeat the advancing French armies. Learn about the Battle of Lake George in 1755.
• Siege of Fort William Henry Battlefield a 35-acre state-owned park which was the site of several key military battles between the British and French Armies from 1755 to 1758. 
• Fort William Henry, perhaps most remembered due to its inclusion in James Fenimore Cooper's fictional novel, The Last of the Mohicans.  Exterior tour only.
• Historic Shipwreck sites/information- learn about the submerged fleet of 1758 and the British Radeau "Land Tortoise" ship discovered in 1990 and more about the development of this unique underwater history trail.
• French Army Artillery Lines  Learn about the techniques and strategies required for firing an 18th Century cannon.
• Colonial Gravesites while all of the locations of buried soldiers will never be known, there have been some graves located and other memorials commemorated. 
• Fort George Ruins located in a protected state park, this was the site of the "Battle of Lake George" in September 1755.
• Lake George as a strategic highway-- visitors today access the Lake George and Adirondack region via major interstate highways.  Learn how strategic island vantage points, sheer cliffs and Lake George itself proved to be key elements in military domination and struggles. 
• Father Isaac Jogues Statue--the first white man, a Jesuit Missionary Priest, who saw Lake George in 1646.  Learn about his struggles to bring Christianity to the Native Peoples.                                                                                                                                                     

Buy tickets online  or call Zerve at (800) 979-3370

Find out where the secret echo spot is on our tour!


                                                                      

Besides our regularly scheduled public tours in Lake George, NY we also offer
private tours for:

Family Groups
Bus Tours/ Step-on Service
Student & Senior Tours
RV Groups
Individual Tours

Tour Operators: Click here

Please contact us directly at 518-791-1776 or via email to info@ExploreHistoryTours.com for private arrangements.


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