Lake Placid, New York

Lake Placid is a village in northern New York State.  It has a population of 2,205. It was founded in the early 1880s to look for iron.  Today it is a ski resort.  It has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, in 1932 and 1980.

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 Other websites 

 Web site of the Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau
 Web site of the Lake Placid News
 Lake Placid information  
 Lake Placid Olympic Authority 


Category:Olympic cities
Category:Ski areas and resorts in the United States