LAKE PLACID

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LAKE PLACID , a

village

VILLAGE

in Essex county, New

York

YORK
YORK (
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

, U.S.A., on the W. shore of Mirror Lake, near the S. end of Lake Placid, about 42 M. N.W. of Ticonderoga. Pop. (1905) 1514; (1910) 1682. The

village

VILLAGE

is served by the

Delaware

DELAWARE

& Hudson railway. The region is one of the most attractive in the Adirondacks, and is a much frequented summer resort. There are four good golf courses here, and the village has a well-built club

house

, called the " Neighborhood House." The village lies on the narrow strip of land (about a m.) between Mirror Lake (about r m. long, N. and S., and m. wide), and Lake Placid, about 5 m. long (N.N.E. by S.S.W.), and about 12 m. (maximum) broad; its altitude is '864 ft. The lake is roughly divided, from N. to S. by three islandsMoose, the largest, and Hawk, both privately owned, and Buckand is a beautiful sheet of water in a picturesque setting of forests and heavily wooded bills and mountains. Among the principal peaks in the vicinity are Whiteface Mountain (4871 ft.), about 3 M. N.W. of the N. end of the lake; McKenzie Mountain (3872 ft.), about 1 m. to the W., and Pulpit Mountain (2658 ft.), on the E. shore. The summit of Whiteface Mountain commands a fine view, with Gothic (4738 ft.), Saddleback (4530 ft.), Basin (4825 ft.), Marcy (5344 ft.), and McIntyre (5210 ft.) mountains about ro m.
worshipped as the goddess of love, beauty and prosperity. She trade in agricultural products of the fertile highlands between has many other names, the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

being Loka mata (" mother of
the world "), Padma (" the lotus "), Padma laya (" she who dwells on a lotus ") and Jaladhija (" the ocean-born "). She is represented as of a

bright

BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

golden colour and seated on a lotus. She is said to have been born from the sea of milk when it was churned from

ambrosia

AMBROSIA

. Many quaint myths surround her

birth

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

. In the Rig Veda her name does not occur as a goddess.

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