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The pond was formed from the merger of Perch Pond in Hampstead and Lake Wentworth in Derry in 1878, when a new dam raised the water level by 8.5 feet (2.6 m). [3] The pond is named for Governor's Island, a 231-acre (90 ha) island that lies within it.
List of islands of New Hampshire. Add languages. Add links. Article; ... Big Island: Carroll: Lovell Lake: 581 177 ... Escumbuit Island: Rockingham: Island Pond: 210 ...
This is a list of lakes and ponds in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services lists 944 lakes and impoundments in their Official List of Public Waters . [ 1 ]
Highland Lake [1] is a 697-acre (2.82 km 2) [2] water body located in Sullivan and Cheshire counties in southwestern New Hampshire, United States, in the towns of Washington and Stoddard. The lake has two outlets. The north outlet feeds Shedd Brook, while the south outlet flows through Island Pond to the North Branch of the Contoocook River.
Island Pond is a 179-acre (0.72 km 2) [1] water body located in Cheshire County in southwestern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Stoddard.It is fed primarily by the outflow from Highland Lake, and its outlet is a tributary of the North Branch Contoocook River, part of the Merrimack River watershed.
Governors Island is one of six bridged islands [2] on Lake Winnipesaukee and is part of the town of Gilford, New Hampshire, in the United States. The island is primarily wooded and residential and has an area of 504 acres (204 ha). [3] The island is an enclave of luxury homes, including some of the most expensive on the lake.
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The park is home to the New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum, Old Allenstown Meeting House, and the Richard Diehl Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Museum, which are in historic buildings built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [6] In 1985 and 2000, the remains of a total of four female bodies, one adult and three children, were found in the park.