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LAKE PLACID

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LAKE PLACID , a See also:village in See also:Essex See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., on the W. See also:shore of See also:Mirror Lake, near the S. end of Lake Placid, about 42 M. N.W. of See also:Ticonderoga. Pop. (1905) 1514; (1910) 1682. The village is served by the See also:Delaware & See also:Hudson railway. The region is one of the most attractive in the See also:Adirondacks, and is a much frequented summer resort. There are four See also:good See also:golf courses here, and the village has a well-built See also:club See also:house, called the " Neighborhood House." The village lies on the narrow See also:strip of See also:land (about a m.) between Mirror Lake (about r m. See also: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 See also:altitude is '864 ft. The lake is roughly divided, from N. to S. by three islands—See also:Moose, the largest, and See also:Hawk, both privately owned, and See also:Buck—and is a beautiful See also:sheet of See also:water in a picturesque setting of forests and heavily wooded bills and mountains. Among the See also:principal peaks in the vicinity are Whiteface See also:Mountain (4871 ft.), about 3 M. N.W. of the N. end of the lake; See also:McKenzie Mountain (3872 ft.), about 1 m. to the W., and See also:Pulpit Mountain (2658 ft.), on the E. shore. The See also:summit of Whiteface Mountain commands a See also:fine view, with See also:Gothic (4738 ft.), Saddleback (4530 ft.), See also:Basin (4825 ft.), See also:Marcy (5344 ft.), and McIntyre (5210 ft.) mountains about ro m.

worshipped as the goddess of love, beauty and prosperity. She See also:

trade in agricultural products of the fertile See also:highlands between has many other names, the See also:chief being Loka mata (" See also:mother of the See also:world "), Padma (" the See also:lotus "), Padma See also:laya (" she who dwells on a lotus ") and Jaladhija (" the ocean-See also:born "). She is represented as of a See also:bright See also:golden See also:colour and seated on a lotus. She is said to have been born from the See also:sea of See also:milk when it was churned from See also:ambrosia. Many See also:quaint myths surround her See also:birth. In the Rig Veda her name does not occur as a goddess.

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