Lake George, Colorado

Lake George is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States.

[2] It lies along U.S. Highway 24 northwest of Colorado Springs, and several miles north of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

[7]: 16  The nearby lake, to the town's west and fed by the South Platte River, was built by George Frost for the purpose of supplying ice to the railroad.

The lake freezes mostly solid in the wintertime, which made it ideal for railroad men to cut large blocks of ice from it in order to keep perishables cool.

[7]: 289  Also related to the town's railroading history, a short walk into the surrounding hills reveals Chinese bread ovens, from the period their labor was imported.

[7]: 289 In 1995, the Orthodox Church in America female monastic community of Protection of the Holy Virgin moved from Calhan to Lake George, establishing a 10.3 acre monastery.

Henry and Adella Rockett stand outside the Lake George Post Office and General Store in Lake George, 1916. The old Post Office is now part of Granite Canyon General Store located in the heart of Lake George.
Lake George, the town's eponymous lake, September 2007
Map of Colorado highlighting Park County