On 08 Feb 2010 in rec.travel.usa-canada, blackbat wrote:

Actually Montreal sounds great.

If you're going to have a car (I was working on the assumption that you
wanted transit, but maybe I'm wrong?), the Lake George/Lake Placid area
in New York might be interesting. You're within about a 5-hour circle of
New York, Montréal and Boston. Within about an hour is Manchester
Center, Vermont, which has outlet shopping and several art galleries. In
two hours or so are baseball and basketball halls of fame, a number of
art galleries if you like such, historic sites for several US presidents.

Both area have, as you might guess, lakes and water recreation; you
should be able to find self-catering in both areas.

http://www.visitlakegeorge.com/
http://www.lakeplacid.com/

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