Lake Winnipesaukee | New Hampshire Lakes Region

Lake Winnipesaukee | New Hampshire Lakes Region

Lake Winnipesaukee | New Hampshire Lakes Region photo

Lake Winnipesaukee means "beautiful water in high place". A second interpetation from Indian folklore is "The smile of the great spirit".

  • 6 mapped shipwrecks
  • 55,685 acres of water, 240 miles of shoreline
  • 625 billion gallons of water
  • 270 islands, largest is 750 acres
  • Elevation 504 feet above sea level
  • Deepest point is 187 feet
  • Average depth is 43 feet
  • Clarity in Wolfeboro Bay is 25 feet (Sechi disc transparency)
  • Freezes over is between late December and early January

Official ice out is declared when the M/S Mount Washington can reach all 4 of its ports without touching ice. This usually occurs during April. The earliest recorded ice out was March 28th, 1921 and the latest was May 12th, 1888.

Lake Winnipesaukee (WI-ni-puh-SAW-kee) ( 78 sq miles), on the line between Carroll County and Belknap County., East Central New Hampshire. Largest lake in the state. Irregular in shape, with many arms of significance, Moultonborough Bay (NE), 10 mi/16 km long; Paugus Bay and Opeche Bay (SW), and Alton Bay (SE). It has 283 miles of shoreline and many small islands. Winnipesaukee River, central NH., exits from Opeche Bay of Lake Winnipesaukee at Laconia, Belknap County, and flows 1 mile SW into Winnisquam Lake, continues SW through Tilton Lake and Silver Lake, past Tilton, joins Pemigewasset River at Franklin to form Merrimack River. (15 miles long). Resort area.

 

Coldwater Species

Warmwater Species
Brook Trout Smallmouth Bass
Rainbow Trout Largemouth Bass
Brown Trout Pickerel
Landlocked Salmon Horned Pout
Lake Trout White Perch
Whitefish Northern Pike
  Walleye
  Black Crappie
  Bluegill
  Yellow Perch



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