I was saddened to hear about the capsizing of a tour boat in Lake George on Sunday afternoon, which cost at least 20 lives. The death toll was exacerbated by the fact that most of the tourists were elderly and many used walkers or wheelchairs. The circumstances of the sinking are unclear as the weather was nice and, by all accounts, the lake waters were calm. Whatever caused the boat to flip over happened so fast that the captain didn't even have time to alert the passengers so they could put on their life vests. Radio-Canada reported that a bad manuever by the captain was the cause of the disaster but did not give any details.
Apparently, this is the deadliest boat accident in Lake George history, but as Adirondack Almanack points out, not the first.
Update: Accounts of the tragedy are hard to read.
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