Squam Lake
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| View of Squam Lake from East Rattlesnake. | ||
| Geographical location | Grafton , Carroll , Belknap County , New Hampshire (USA) | |
| Drain | Squam River → Pemigewasset River | |
| Places on the shore | Holderness , Sandwich , Moultonborough , Center Harbor | |
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 45 ′ N , 71 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 171 m | |
| surface | 27.5 km² | |
| length | 11.3 km | |
| width | 7.4 km | |
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The Squam Lake is a lake in the middle of the US state of New Hampshire northwest of the much larger Lake Winnipesaukee .
It is located south of the White Mountains at the junction of Grafton County , Carroll County and Belknap County . The largest place on its shore is Holderness .
Its area is 27.5 km² and its maximum extension is 11.3 km in length and 7.4 km in width. Squam Lake is the second largest lake that is entirely within New Hampshire.
Squam Lake drains through a short natural runoff into Little Squam Lake and then through a dam at the head of the Squam River near Ashland into the Pemigewasset River .
Its original name was Keeseenunknipee, which meant 'the lake of the geese in the highlands' and was shortened to Casumpa or Kusumpy by the white settlers around 1779. In the early years of the 19th century, the lake was given another name in the Abenaki language , Asquam, which meant 'water'. After all, the lake got its current name at the beginning of the 20th century.
The movie Am golden See (1981) was shot here and two boat excursions starting in Holderness take visitors to the locations.
Islands
Squam Lake has over 28 named islands and numerous smaller, nameless islets. The named islands are:
- Basin Island
- Birch Island
- Bowman Island
- Chocorua (Church) Island
- Duck Island
- Great Island
- Groton Island
- High Haith
- Hoag Island
- Hubble Island
- Kate Island
- Kent Island
- Kimball Island
- Laurel Island
- Little Loon Island
- long Island
- Loon Island
- Merrill Island
- Mink Island
- Mooney Island
- Mouse Island
- Otter Island
- Perch Island
- Potato Island
- Sheep Island
- Three sisters
- Utopia Island
- Yard Island
The largest of these is High Haith with an area of 98 hectares .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Hampshire GRANIT database ( Memento of the original dated August 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 17, 2008
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names: Geographic Names Information System
