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2 miles across. Lake Pleasant is over 3 miles long and from one- 

 half to I mile wide. 



Piseco lake is of the linear type with a length of 5 miles and an 

 average width of i mile. It lies 1661 feet above sea level. On its 

 eastern side there are low hills only, but a long mountain mass rises 

 abruptly from 600 to 11 00 feet above its western shore. 



Another group of lakes occupies the southeastern border of the 

 Adirondacks, the principal bodies of water being Lake George, 

 Schroon lake and Brant lake. These are all notably nearer sea 

 level than the usual Adirondack lakes. 



Lake George is the most remarkable body of water in the entire 

 Adirondack region. It has a length of 32 miles and a width of from 

 I to 23/2 miles, so it is easily the largest of all the northern New 

 York lakes. The surface of the lake is only 323 feet above the level 

 of the sea, thus making it one of the very lowest bodies of water 

 in the whole Adirondack region. The valley, or rather combination 

 of two valleys (see page 64), occupied by Lake George is remark- 

 ably straight, deep and narrow. For most part mountains rise 

 abruptly from a few hundred to over 2000 feet above the shores of 

 the lake throughout its length. Where the lake is narrowest, for 

 6 or 8 miles of its middle portion, the scenery is grandest. On the 

 eastern side the Black-Erebus mountain mass rises very steeply 

 2000 feet or more from the very shore of the lake, while on the 

 western side the Tongue-Fivemile mountain mass rises very abruptly 

 800 to 1600 feet. There are many islands, especially in the narrow 

 portion, thus greatly enhancing the scenic effect. 



Schroon lake is the second largest in the southeastern Adiron- 

 dacks. It also is of the linear type, being 9 miles long and from 

 one-half to i>^ miles wide. It lies only 807 feet above sea level. 

 There are no high mountains immediately around the lake, the 

 highest hills being on the eastern side where they rise only 400 to 

 600 feet. 



Brant lake is a beautiful sheet of water nearly 5 miles long, one- 

 half to three-quarters of a mile wide and 801 feet above sea level. 

 It is almost completely surrounded by hills from 200 to 800 feet; 

 high. 



