Lake George in the Adirondack Park in New York is just a spectacular place. With the best weather of the year lasting all weekend, the lake was calling out to us. Motor boat traffic was pretty light, making it an even better day to paddle.
Leesa and I launched about 12:30 from the Northwest Bay parking lot on Route 9, a couple miles north of the Town of Bolton Landing. Our route consisted of paddling south on the Northwest Bay Brook to where it entered the bay, then continuing south on the east side of the bay along the Tongue Mountain range to Montcalm Point at the tip of the range. We then rounded the point and entered the Narrows, where we paddled past Pine Island before landing on Turtle Island for a break. The docks have already been pulled in on many of the islands including Turtle. We noted that campsite 33 on the SE corner of the island has an especially good spot with a nice rock outcropping on which to sit and view the lake. We then continued into the middle of the narrows, circling around Juanita Island before returning the way we came. We paddled a leisurely 12 miles total and returned to the parking lot around 6 PM.
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| Car top boat launch parking |
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| Click to enlarge and see our route highlighted in blue |
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| Some nice color in the Northwest Bay Brook |
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| Exploring Turtle Island |
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| Looking south from Turtle Island towards Pine Island and Chingachgook Island |
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| Looking East from Turtle Island towards Shelving Mountain |
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| Site 33 on Turtle Island gets the rocky point! |
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| A curious native on Turtle Island |
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| Looking for a handout |
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| We didn't see any on this trip |
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| Heading back into the brook |
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| Leesa's stealth move, looking for wildlife |
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| Almost sunset |
Our route made a great half day paddle. Lake George has crystal clear water. The water temp. was down to 62 degrees, so no swimming, but nice none-the-less.
