Looking for real estate in Lake George? Lake George is a located on the lake for which it is named. The lake was discovered by Father Isaac Jogues in August 1642. He was later captured by Mohawks, escaped, and returned home to France. In 1646, he was sent on a political mission to the Iroquois to propose a treaty of peace, and at that point named the lake "Lac du Saint Sacrement" (The Lake of the Blessed Sacrament). In 1755, the lake was renamed "Lake George" by General Johnson in honor of King George II.

Lake George was the setting for James Fenimore Coopers famous novel, The Last of the Mohicans. The Town of Lake George was established in 1810 as the "Town of Caldwell" from parts of the towns of Bolton, Queensbury, and Thurman. In 1962 the town changed its name to the Town of Lake George after the lake it is located on.

• Big Hollow -- A pond in the south part of town that got its name from the Battle of Lake George.
• Bloody Pond -- A hamlet east of Lake George village.
• Crosbyside -- A hamlet north of Lake George village on the west shore of Lake George.
• Diamond Point -- The reconstructed historic fort is in Lake George village, originally built by the British during the French and Indian War.
• Fort William Henry -- A village located at the south end of Lake George.
• Prospect Mountain -- A mountain near Big Hollow that can be hiked or driven offering a spectacular view of Lake George.
• Wiawaka -- a historic retreat house on the lake that was founded in 1903 for female textile workers from Troy but operates as a nonprofit for everyone today.