{{Short description|Defunct amusement park}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox amusement park | name = Gaslight Village | image = | caption = | resort = Lake George, New York, New York, USA | location = | location2 = | location3 = | coordinates = | theme = | homepage = | owner = | general_manager = | operator = | opening_date = {{Start date|df=y|1959}} | closing_date = {{End date|df=y|1989}} | previous_names = | season = | visitors = | area = | rides = | coasters = | water_rides = | slogan = | status = Closed | footnotes = }} {{refimprove|date=December 2017}} '''Gaslight Village''' was a Vaudeville themed amusement park in Lake George, New York. The park was located along New York State Route 9N, U.S. Route 9 and Warren County Route 69 (West Brook Road) in the village. It opened in 1959, designed by Arto Monaco and built by amusement park builder Charles Wood. The park was approximately 3-4 city blocks in size, and featured some standard amusement rides, (a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, bumper cars, Tilt a Whirl, etc.) as well as some unusual rides. The main feature of the park was the Opera House where Vaudeville-style shows, including an Ice Show, melodramas, and a wide variety of stage acts performed all day and until lights-out each evening. The park was closed in 1989. Its site later became the now defunct Lake George Action Park.<ref name=Anderson/>
==Charles R. Wood Park== In December 2010, it was reported that the Lake George Association, Lake George Land Conservancy, and other organizations had acquired the land and were demolishing the site in order to return the area to wetlands to filter water draining into Lake George, at a cost of up to $12 million.<ref name=Anderson>{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Eric|title=Last flicker for Gaslight Village|url=http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Last-flicker-for-Gaslight-Village-847694.php|accessdate=26 July 2012|newspaper=Times Union|date=1 December 2010}}</ref>
In April 2012, it was announced that the foundation of Gaslight Village's late founder, the Charles R. Wood Foundation, contributed $750,000 towards a $1.8 million nature park, to be called Charles R. Wood Park. The park was officially dedicated on May 29, 2019 and offers concert and event space, a children's play area, a skate park, public bathrooms, a walking trail, a fountain and small pool, and a constructed wetland used to filter stormwater before reaching Lake George. <ref>Michael Goot [https://poststar.com/news/local/officials-dedicate-charles-r-wood-park-in-lake-george/article_87fce119-8231-5dda-a27c-e3b5ea45aa68.html "Officials dedicate Charles R. Wood Park in Lake George"], ''The Post Star'', May 29, 2019</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Wetlands}} *Palisades Park *Action Park
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==External links== *{{RCDB|6339}} * [http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2008/01/gaslight-village-lake-george-fun.html Adirondack Almanack entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907072034/http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2008/01/gaslight-village-lake-george-fun.html |date=2010-09-07 }}
Category:Buildings and structures in Essex County, New York Category:Defunct amusement parks in New York (state) Category:Vaudeville theaters Category:1959 establishments in New York (state) Category:1989 disestablishments in New York (state) Category:Amusement parks opened in 1959 Category:Amusement parks closed in 1989