The Lake George Steamboat Company was incorporated in 1817 to operate

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s on Lake George,

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. It is the oldest company in the Lake George region. The company operates steamboats that run the full length of Lake George between Ticonderoga at the north end of the lake and the village of Lake George at the south end of the lake. James Caldwell, founder of the village of Caldwell (later became Lake George Village) on the south end of Lake George was one of the company's founders. The company's first steamboat, the ''James Caldwell'', was launched in 1817 and burned in 1821. In 1823, the company launched the ''Mountaineer'', its second steamship. Since then, the Company purchased, built, expanded and/or retrofitted over a dozen steamboats, including the ''

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'', listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. From 1873 until 1943, it was owned and operated by the

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. In 1927, the company opened the

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, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. The Lake George Steamboat Company currently operates three boats: The '' Minne-Ha-Ha'' (meaning laughing waters) is the last steamboat operating on Lake George; the ''

'', which has been in continuous service for over 100 years and is the oldest passenger vessel in the United States; and the ''

Lac Du Saint Sacrement The ''Lac Du Saint Sacrement'' is considered to be the flagship of the Lake George Steamboat Company in Warren County, New York. It is the largest and newest boat in the company. The boat runs on Caterpillar diesel engines and carries lifejackets ...

'', the largest and most luxurious of the three. The ''Lac Du Saint Sacrament'' began operating in 1989, replacing the '' Ticonderoga'', which had sailed the lake for the company for five decades prior.

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External links

Lake George Steamboat Company website
Transport companies established in 1817 Ferry companies of New York (state) Transportation in Essex County, New York Transportation in Warren County, New York 1817 establishments in New York (state) American companies established in 1817