<Tr> <Th> Area code (s) </Th> <Td> 518 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> town.LakeGeorge.ny.us </Td> </Tr> <P> Lake George is a town in Warren County, New York, United States . The population was 3,578 at the 2000 census . The town is named after the lake, Lake George . Within the town is a village also named Lake George . The town is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area . </P> <P> The first European to visit the lake was Father Isaac Jogues in August 1642 . He was later captured by Mohawks, escaped, and returned home to France . In 1646, he was sent on a political mission to the Iroquois to propose a treaty of peace, and at that point named the lake "Lac du Saint Sacrement" (Lake of the Blessed Sacrament). </P>

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