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Conway Lake is a 1,316-acre (5 km 2) water body with a maximum depth of 45 feet (14 m), [2] located in Carroll County in eastern New Hampshire, in the United States.The lake is located in the towns of Conway and Eaton, just to the east of the White Mountains, and is part of the Saco River watershed.
The Saco River (/ ˈ s ɑː k oʊ / SAH-koh, Abenaki: Sαkóhki) is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States.It drains a rural area of 1,703 square miles (4,410 km 2) of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Saco Bay, 136 miles (219 km) from its source. [1]
The Tenth New Hampshire Turnpike from Portsmouth was extended through the notch to Lancaster in 1803. [2] [3] The turnpike and later Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad through Crawford Notch opened a new route through the White Mountains for settlers of the area to the northwest to reach Conway on the way to the trading ports on the coast.
This is a list of rivers and significant streams in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.. All watercourses named "River" (freshwater or tidal) are listed here, as well as other streams which are either subject to the New Hampshire Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act or are more than 10 miles (16 km) long.
The lake lies at the foot of White Horse Ledge and just south of Cathedral Ledge, both of which are noted rock climbing destinations in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The lake is part of the Saco River watershed. The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including smallmouth bass and yellow perch. [2]
The East Branch of the Saco River is a 13.2-mile-long (21.2 km) [1] river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Saco River , which flows to the Atlantic Ocean in Maine .
At 3,257 acres (1,318 ha), [1] it is the sixth-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire. The lake is fed by the West Branch (entering from the north), the Bearcamp and Lovell rivers (entering from the west), and the Pine River (from the south). Water leaves the eastern end of the lake via the Ossipee River, flowing to the Saco River in Maine.
The West Branch is a 5.5-mile-long (8.9 km) [1] river located in eastern New Hampshire in the United States.It is the northern tributary of Ossipee Lake, part of the Saco River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean.