Lake Pleasant, New York
| Lake Pleasant, New York | |
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Route 8 near Lake Pleasant
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 Location in Hamilton County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 43°28′N 74°25′W / 43.467°N 74.417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Hamilton |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Dan Wilt (R) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 198.0 sq mi (512.8 km2) |
| • Land | 188.1 sq mi (487.1 km2) |
| • Water | 9.9 sq mi (25.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,831 ft (558 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 781 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12108 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-40794 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979129 |
Lake Pleasant is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 781 at the 2010 census. It contains the county seat of Hamilton County, which is also called Lake Pleasant.
The Town of Lake Pleasant is within the Adirondack Park and is centrally located in the county. The town is northwest of Schenectady.
Lake Pleasant is considered a tourist hub in Hamilton County. Estimates put the number of summer homes at around three-quarters of the homes in the area. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the unofficial Summer season, the small town is a busy community, with many activities including a parade, fireworks, Summer musical, camping, nature hiking, water activities, historical activities, art show, geocaching, and Mountain Biking. Lake Pleasant is also famous for its fall foliage, and winter sport activities.
Archaeological evidence of Native Americans has been found in arrowheads and spearheads near the local lakes' shores of Lake Pleasant. Many historians believe Lake Pleasant was the hunting and fishing grounds of both Mohawks and Algonquin tribes. These Native Americans would only travel to the Adirondack Mountains to hunt during the warm months and their villages were located in the Mohawk and Hudson Valley Region. There was a Mohawk, who named himself Captain Gill, who lived in a wigwam at the outlet of the lake, Lake Pleasant, during the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century. He had a wife named Molly and Molly had a daughter named Molly Jr., however Capt. Gill didn't claim the daughter as his own. Old Capt. Gill was a trail guide for the first settlers. He would show them places to hunt and fish. Capt. Gill was most famous for his story telling and would tell folklore of the Iroquois Nation. One folklore told of a forgotten tribe that lived year-round near Round Lake (now known as Lake Sacandaga) in the Town of Lake Pleasant. This forgotten tribe had their village on a hill which is now behind the Hamilton County buildings. The legend talks about an evil deed the tribe did and The Flying Head that came out of Lake Sacandaga and chased them out of the Adirondack Mountains.
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