ESSES AND nSHING IN SUNAPEE LAKE. 



By William Converse Kendall, 

 Scientific Assistant, United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



PHYSICAL CONDITIONS IN THE LAKE. 



Siinapee Lake is situated in the highlands of Sullivan County, 

 New Ilampsliire, on the di\dde between the Merrimac and Connecticut 

 River basins, at surface elevation of 1,091 feet above the level of the 

 sea. It is surrounded by low mountains, highest on the west of the 

 lake, the loftiest being Sunapee Mountain on the southwest side of the 

 southern end, with its highest peak 2,743 feet above sea level. The 

 lake is bordered at its northern half by the townships of New London 

 on the east and Sunapee on the west, the dividing Une between these 

 running southward through the lake, and the latter extending to the 

 upper end of "The Narrows," a httle over a mile farther south than 

 New London. The remainder of the lake is comprised in the town- 

 ship of Newbury. The principal villages of post-office importance are 

 Newbury, at the extreme lower end of the lake, and Sunapee Harbor, 

 at the head of the outlet. The Claremont division of the Boston & 

 Maine Railroad has an all-the-year station at Newbury and a summer 

 station at Lake Sunapee, the steamboat landing being 1 mile distant 

 on the west side of the lower end of the lake. 



A greater part of the shore is occupied by summer residences and 

 hotels, and there are some considerable colonies or villages. 



Sunapee Lake is but a httle over 8 miles long following the course 

 of the lake (although it is reputed to be 9), and its greatest width 

 from Soo-Nipi Park pier directly west to Russell Point, which marks 

 the upper outer end of Sunapee Harbor, is 1^ miles. 



From the mouth of King Hill Brook to "The Hedgehog," just 

 south of the entrance to Sunapee Harbor, in a shghtly southward 

 course, it is just about H miles, and disregarding the islands, from 

 the mouth of Blodgett Brook in Blodgett Cove directly west to the 

 head of Fishers Bay it is 1.8 miles. From Soo-Nipi Park pier shore 

 end directly west to Boulders in Sunapee Harbor it is 2.1 miles, and 

 continuing south to Sunapee Harbor landing it is six-tenths of a mile 

 farther, but the distance by boat from Soo-nipi Park to Sunapee 

 Harbor landing is 2^ miles. From Hastings on the east side to head 



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