- Bolton Landing, New York
Bolton Landing is a hamlet in Warren County,
New York ,United States , on Lake George in theAdirondacks . It is a common tourist destination and the closest town to the State Park lands and islands of the Lake George Narrows. The town's best known feature isThe Sagamore Hotel, a renovated Victorian-era hotel.There are 4 public beaches for swimming.
Geography
Bolton Landing is ten miles north of Lake George Village on the west side of Lake George in the Town of Bolton. Bolton Landing is in Warren County. The closest city in the nearby area is
Glens Falls , south of Lake George village.New York Route 9N passes through the community.History
The community was founded in 1799.
Culture
Home of the Bolton Landing Barbershop Quartet Festival for 14 years. The international harmony singing event drew crowds and visitors from around the world and was featured on several television shows including an hour long special in Japan. The festivals popularity reached it's peak in 1999 as hundreds of Barbershop enthusiests along with thier friends and families packed into the small town of Bolton Landing for the annual Labor Day Babershop Quartet Competitions. The Festival, originally started by Bolton native Andy Pratt ended in 2002.
The [http://www.operamuseum.org Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum] at Bolton Landing on the shore of
Lake George (New York) commemorates the internationally known Polish sopranoMarcella Sembrich (1858-1935), whose favourite composers includedVincenzo Bellini andGaetano Donizetti . In addition to her career in Europe, Sembrich had more than 450 performances at the New YorkMetropolitan Opera . Her lakeside summer mansion was opened as a museum in 1937 and is listed in theNational Register of Historic Places .Since 2005, Bolton Landing has been home to the [http://www.lakegeorgetheaterlab.com Lake George Theater Lab] , a theater company devoted to new American plays and adaptations. Bolton Landing is also the home of sculptor David Smith, and is where he did a large percentage of his work.
External links
* [http://www.boltonchamber.com/ Bolton Chamber of Commerce information]
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