LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - The wreck of one of the first gasoline-powered excursion boats in the Adirondacks has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Forward lies in 40 feet of water near an island on the southern end of Lake George, 50 miles north of Albany.

The 45-foot-long boat was built in 1906 and featured two 30-horsepower engines. It was intentionally sunk in 1930 and discovered by amateur scuba divers in the 1970s.

Bateaux (ba-TOH’) Below, a group of underwater shipwreck preservationists, made the Forward part of a state-administered underwater diving park in Lake George that includes the wrecks of several French and Indian War vessels.

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