I'm looking to combine Lake George with possibly Montreal during at late July trip. Would Montreal be boring for teens? I haven't been there since I was a teen myself. Is there a nice resort in that area - outside the city ?
If not, where else? I've combined Lake George with Burlington before.
The drinking age in Montreal is 18 and is relatively a young city, so if you teens are near that age, they will have a lot of fun on Peel & St. Catherine's St. There are also some really good steak houses in the city and the architecture around Old Montreal is interesting and its a popular hang-out in the summer. Mt Royal up behind McGill University is a good hike with good views of the city and river valley. That said, if you are going in the summer, be careful of their Jazz fest. You need to get a hotel for that months in advance. Also, in the summer, the border crossing on I-87 (everyone will need a Passport, too) can get really backed-up with along with the 3 or 4 bridges that cross the St. Lawrence into Montreal with heavy summer traffic.
If you don't want to go to Montreal, there is also Lake Placid, Saratoga (can be combined with Lake George), and the Fingers Lakes (Cooperstown, Ithaca, Watkins Glen [careful of NASCAR events) &
Letchworth State Park ('Grand Canyon of the East').