Luke Dow Photography

Luke Dow Photography I do landscape photography around Lake George and anywhere else my travels take me. Click my photo gallery on here or visit www.lukedowphotography.com

I am a landscape photographer who also dabbles in commercial photography. My cross country travels have taken me to all the corners of the United States including:

-Lake George And the High Peaks Regions in the Adirondack Mountains

-Vermont and New England

-Oregon and Washington

-Montana

-Utah

-Colorado

-Hawaii

-Louisiana

-Northern Arizona

-California and the Lake Tahoe/Nevada Area

To v

iew my photos that I took in these locations check out my various galleries on my website. I dont have all of my photos in these galleries, so if you would like to see the rest of my collection or order a custom print or request a more specific job, then please feel free to contact me!

So for the next few weeks I wont really have time to edit and write stories about history and what not. Work is just too...
07/22/2026

So for the next few weeks I wont really have time to edit and write stories about history and what not. Work is just too crazy and Im only one me...

So here is a shot I snapped last August of the Mohican cutting in front of Rogers Rock slide at the northern end of Lake George.

Hope everyone has themselves a great day!

Near Ticonderoga
August 2025

So I have to run to Ticonderoga to help out at our Dry Dock, but Ill quick post this shot of the northern lights that I ...
07/21/2026

So I have to run to Ticonderoga to help out at our Dry Dock, but Ill quick post this shot of the northern lights that I took early on the morning of July 4.

Just watching this documentary on Flock Safety cameras and their abuses by Benn Jordan while quick editing this photo. It is crazy. I recommend you to watch it.

But this isnt a political/rage bait site, I like to post photos of nature to talk people to a calm and nostalgic place before EVERYTHING was politicized and people being constantly angry and on edge.

I dont get paid for this, nor am I pushing an agenda. You have the rights to your own opinion, that is the beauty of this country. But this flock camera system is crazy lol.

Hope you all have a great day today!

Top of the World Golf Resort near Lake George
Technically Queensbury, NY.

July 4, 2026 at 12:22am

On Friday it was the epic annual fireworks display put on by Adirondack Tree Surgeons/Phil Viger, which was shot over Li...
07/20/2026

On Friday it was the epic annual fireworks display put on by Adirondack Tree Surgeons/Phil Viger, which was shot over Little Bay in Diamond Point.

This year was going to be the largest display, with fireworks being shot off of 4 platforms, so I knew I had to go!
Here is one of numerous shots I snapped that night!

I've never seen the famous 4th of July fireworks up in Ticonderoga, but this is easily the largest shoot that Ive ever seen on the lake.
One of these days Ill see that Ti shoot, just kinda tough for me to get away from LG on the 4th... lol.

Did anyone else catch this epic shoot?

Diamond Point on Lake George
New York
July 17, 2026

Well for World Emoji Day Im going to share this shot of the very north end of Lake George with this shot of the chain of...
07/17/2026

Well for World Emoji Day Im going to share this shot of the very north end of Lake George with this shot of the chain of rocks near Snug Harbor Marina in Ticonderoga.

Looking south down, geographically speaking! I know that the lake flows north so in one aspect I am looking Up the lake, but I like to speak in terms of north and south so dont crucify me in the comments lol.

Here you can see the chain of rocks and the ruins of the original stone dam that was built on the lake, Mossy Point, Spencer Point, Howes Landing, with Prisoners Island and Black Point and Coates Point in the distance.

Now this chain of rocks was the original end of the lake, this is where the La Chute River started back in the day before the dam was built almost a mile further north.

Now over on the Western Shore, just north of Howes Landing, just opposite of Mossy Point, you can see a small nub of land. Well I do believe that this is where Cooks Landing/Homelands existed. This is the location where numerous old ships were built and launched in the 1800s on Lake George and where the steamboats would travel to and drop off passengers to be ferried by horse and buggy to ships on Lake Champlain that would then take them further north.

This is also where the Ticonderoga II was launched in 1950, after being sailed up the Champlain Canal and Lake Champlain, pulled out of the water and cut into 4 pieces, then was transported through town and welded back together here at this location.
When the Ti tried to be launched in early summer, but she sank in the soft mud. It took months and several attempts to dislodge the ship from the mud. One of the methods was running cables across the lake to large oak trees on Mossy Point and using winches to pull her out into the lake. In October of 1950 she was finally pulled free and started her incredible 39 year career of sailing on the lake before she stopped sailing in 1989 and was used as a floating warehouse until 1993 when she was sailed north to become scrapped due to the condition of her hull.

Hope everyone has themselves a great weekend!

Lake George
Near Ticonderoga, NY.

June 1, 2026

Here is a shot of Three Brothers Islands, the end of Homer Point, Clay Island, and Recluse Island. And in the distance y...
07/16/2026

Here is a shot of Three Brothers Islands, the end of Homer Point, Clay Island, and Recluse Island. And in the distance you can see Dome Is., Green Is./Sagamore Hotel, and all north up the lake!

These islands were purchased from the state by none other than Egbert Gale in 1859 for $10.
Does this sound familiar? Well it should, Egbert went on a spending spree in 1859. He not only purchase Three Brothers, but also Diamond Island, Recluse Island, and Tea Island in 1859 for $10.
And that is just the islands I could look up quick! lol

But going back to Three Brothers Islands, they were then purchased by Spencer Trask at the urging of his wife, Katrina, who then went on to build the bridges and buildings on the property. They held onto the islands until 1950 when Max Swire purchased these islands for $38,100, which is $541,000 in today's money.
What an absolute steal...
I can only imagine what the islands would actually sell for today!

Three Brothers Islands on Lake George
Near Bolton, NY.

June 28, 2026.

Never seen the edge of a huge wildfire smoke cloud like this before!!I see blue sky!!
07/15/2026

Never seen the edge of a huge wildfire smoke cloud like this before!!

I see blue sky!!

Time to go back to last month when I snapped this photo of Diamond Island and the shoals of what used to be Dicks Island...
07/15/2026

Time to go back to last month when I snapped this photo of Diamond Island and the shoals of what used to be Dicks Island.
There used to be two islands here, one called Dicks Island (formerly Dix Island) and one was unnamed. Dont know where this name came from, so let your mind run wild and have a not-mature giggle lol.

The name of Diamond Island come from the 6-sided Quartz Crystals that were found around it, the earliest one found in 1820.

There is a surprising amount of history on this island!
During the French & Indian War (1754-1763) this island was considerably larger than it is today and General Abercromby had 400 British soldiers encamped here.

During the American Revolution (1776-1783) British General Burgoyne fortified the island and used it as a supply base after he captured Fort Ticonderoga in 1777. Colonel John Brown tried to re-capture the fort, but failed and fled south and then ran into these troops on Sept. 24, 1777 and was driven off by them after a few men were killed and numerous injured. It wasnt a good week for Brown! This is known as the Battle of Diamond Island.
Even though the Americans were driven off this led General John Burgoyne to panic over the safety of his supply lines to Canada, which heavily contributed to his eventual surrender at the Battles of Saratoga just weeks later.
A diver did discover a couple of wrecks of ships of this era around the island a few years ago.

In 1859 Egbert Gale purchased this island from the state in 1859 for $10, then the island changed hands a few times before being gifted back to the state in 1951.

Another fun story about this island. Apparently back in the 1800s no one went out here because it was known to have rattlesnakes. A farmer was transporting pigs across the lake to another farm when his boat capsized and the pigs swam to the island. 3 years later the son of the farmer went out to kill the rattlesnakes, but found none. He found a bunch of pigs though, which he captured and slaughtered for food and found that they ate all of the rattlesnakes out there.
lol

Feels good to research this history again.

Diamond Island on Lake George
Near Diamond Point, NY.

June 3, 2026.

Im sorry for not posting a photo yesterday or today.This year's Rock the Dock Music Festival was all consuming for my li...
07/14/2026

Im sorry for not posting a photo yesterday or today.
This year's Rock the Dock Music Festival was all consuming for my life the past few months, and especially the past few weeks, and ESPECIALLY Friday and Saturday and then the fall out and lack of energy on Monday.

After a 14 hour day on Friday and a 22 hour day on Saturday with no time to eat, I felt like I gave 9 pints of blood!

But the festival was a success! 3100+ people and sold out!
That said plenty of room to improve.
But thank you to everyone involved and everyone who came!

Now time to start getting back to normal lol

Oh also these are not my photos, they were taken by Frenkie Cavone with Mirth Films!
He is an incredible photographer and guy and I cant thank him enough for these insane photos and videos that he took during the festival!
Please go check him out, or hire him if you are ever putting something on and you would like some incredible shots of your event!!

So tomorrow is finally the day of the peak craziness of my summer and what I have been working extremely hard to put tog...
07/10/2026

So tomorrow is finally the day of the peak craziness of my summer and what I have been working extremely hard to put together.
My Rock the Dock Music Festival!!

Last year I was on the pier from 5am until 4am, so if you do come to the festival and see me, please dont be upset with me if I cant stop and chat for a bit because these bands can be needy... lol
But it's worth it to see folks have fun and raise money for the local American Legion. Last year we raised over $15,000 for the local post!

So please come on down tomorrow to the Lake George Steamboat Company and enjoy the festival!

So we are going to take a break from northern lights photos with this panorama shot of the inside of Black Mountain Poin...
07/09/2026

So we are going to take a break from northern lights photos with this panorama shot of the inside of Black Mountain Point Bay while looking south. More specifically the ribs of the first Minne Ha Ha that still lie at the bottom of this little bay.
Those white streaks at the bottom of the bay are the old ribs of the first Minne.

The Minne Ha Ha (I) was 144 feet long (7 feet longer than the current Minne Ha Ha), 22 feet wide, and drafted 8 feet of water. Her wood-fired walking beam engine propelled her to a speed of 13 mph.

She was launched in the spring of 1857. She ran daily trips to the northern end of the lake and back for 21 years before she was sold to a Cyrus Butler, owner of the then popular Horicon Pavilion Hotel up on Black Mountain Point.
He brought her up the lake and moored her just inside Black Mountain Point (the little bay in there). Cyrus already had a big hotel near the bay, so he used her for additional rooms for 50 guests as well as a dining hall for his hotel.

The Minne occupied this job for a couple years before the ice came in from the north and severely damaged the hull to the point where it was not feasible to try and fix her up, so they salvaged what they could and then blew up the ship with dynamite and the remains were left to rot and sink in the shallow waters of the bay.

I took a video of the remains and posted it on youtube years ago, which you can find here:
https://youtu.be/hOk1P68zMNg?si=UZksOMJonPNisrjl

Black Mountain Point on Lake George
Near Huletts Landing, NY.

June 28, 2026.

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