FISHES AND FISHING IN SUNAPEE LAKE. 9 



in 1910 and 1911. In the spring there is sufficient water in some of 

 those that later become dry to permit smelts to ascend, which they 

 do in enormous numbers. 



All of these brooks were examined by the Bureau of Fisheries 

 parties, but particular attention was paid to those which evidently 

 had the most important bearing on the ecology of the lake, especially 

 those which were natural trout brooks and have afforded in times past 

 spawning grounds for trout, and still are the best smelt-breeding 

 brooks, namely, King Hill, Pike, and Blodgett Brooks. These waters 

 were studied very thoroughly in regard to their suitability for receiv- 

 ing the plants of young salmonids, and Sunapee Mountain Brook also 

 was examined. 



The ponds that empty their waters through Otter Brook into Suna- 

 pee Lake are: Baptist Pond, of irregular triangular shape, the apex 

 southeastward at the outlet, seven-tenths of a mile in greatest length 

 and about four-tenths in greatest width. It empties into Otter Pond 

 through a stream about eight-tenths of a mile in a straight line. A 

 small pond (McAlvins), about three-twentieths by two-twentieths of 

 a mile, lies at the northeastward of Baptist Pond about seven-tenths 

 of a mile distant in a straight line, but the outlet connecting it with 

 Baptist Pond is considerably longer, owing to its irregular course. 

 Besides this outlet tributary to Baptist Pond, which has two or more 

 branches, there is a bog stream with a small pondlike expansion flow- 

 ing into the northwest angle of Baptist Pond. 



Star Lake, with two short inlets at its upper or northwestern end 

 and a more considerable stream joining the lake near its southeastern 

 outlet end, is situated at an altitude of 1,286 feet almost due north 

 about 2 miles in a direct line from Otter Pond. It is about seven- 

 tenths by five-twentieths of a mile in longest axes. Its outlet has 

 numerous small branch brooks, and after flowing southeast a short 

 distance turns southwestward, entering Otter Pond through a bog at 

 its upper northwestern side. AU of these are in the township of 

 Springfield. 



Little Sunapee Lake (Twin Lakes) lies almost directly east of Otter 

 Pond at an altitude of 1,217 feet, mostly in the township of New 

 London, but a small portion being in Springfield. In a straight line 

 from Otter Pond to the foot of the lake it is only eight-tenths of a 

 mile, with a drop of 92 feet. This lake is reaUy only one lake 

 divided about midway by a long, narrow peninsula extending from 

 the northward side nearly across the lake; whence "Twin Lakes." 

 The lake extends about 1.7 miles in northeasterly to southwesterly 

 direction and is about seven-tenths of a mile wide along the previously 

 mentioned peninsula to the opposite or south side of the lake. The 

 lake is elliptical, though somewhat irregular in shape, disregarding the 

 peninsula. Its principal inlet is Morgan Pond Brook, the headwaters 



