GEORGE LAKE, a lake in the state of New York, North America. It lies to the south of Lake Champlain, and communicates with it. Lake George is a romantic and beautiful sheet of water, about thirty-seven miles in length, and from one to four or five miles in breadth. It is remarkable for the transparency of its waters, which contain an abundance of excellent fish. The lake is in general very deep, and interspersed with numerous islands, one of which, Diamond Island, formerly possessed a fort.
GEORGE'S CHANNEL, a dangerous passage in the Eastern Seas, between the great Nicobar Island and the other
The danger in this passage arises from the rapidity with which the tide runs, which is at the rate of about five miles an hour, and from rocks, so that it is not safe for any vessel to enter it.