Village of Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID, the Olympic Village in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains of New York, named after this adjacent lake. While it is a year-round resort, it is likely most known as the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics, and particularly the USA-USSR hockey game, the "Miracle on Ice,". Lake Placid also hosted the 1932 Winter Olympics. It was the first location in North America to host two Winter Olympic games. Along with St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria, it is one of the three places to have twice hosted the Winter Olympic Games.

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Lake Placid was the headquarters for the International Olympic Committee which brought the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics. The village was the first location in North America to host two Winter Olympic games.

The Village of Lake Placid was founded in the early 1800s to develop a mining operation based on iron ore discovered nearby. By 1840, the population of "North Elba" (as the village was then known) consisted of 6 families.

LAKE PLACID, A YEAR ROUND VACATION DESTINATION
As leisure time increased in the late 19th century, Lake Placid was discovered by the rich and famous, drawn to the fashionable Lake Placid Club. Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, designed what was then called "Placid Park Club" in 1895 and inspired a village name change, to Lake Placid. He is also sometimes credited with introducing recreational winter sports such as skiing and bobsledding to the United States, or at least helping to popularize them. The Lake Placid Club was also the headquarters for the International Olympic Committee which brought the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Lake Placid later became an incorporated village in 1900.

There is no 30 foot crocodile in Lake Placid, the lake. Lake Placid (film), the 1999 movie, was filmed mainly in the town of Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada, which was pretending to be in Maine.

Also See: Lake Placid WInter Olympics

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Saranac Lake received the All-America City Award in 1998 due to three community projects: The Union Depot, the Riverwalk and the Mt. Pisgah ski Lodge. In 2006, the village was named as one of the "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.