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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



mouths of Ellis river and East Branch. The river then turns nearly- 

 south eight miles to the mouth of Swift river in Conway, from which 

 point it flows east six miles to Maine line. 



The southern portion of this basin in New Hampshire is drained by the 

 Ossipee river, which passes into Maine. A large part of this area about 

 Ossipee lake is comparatively level, consisting of sandy plains. The 

 proportion of forest in the whole basin is probably about three fourths. 



Table of Heights of Saco River. 



Distance Height 



from source. above sea. 



Pond at source, near gate of White Mountain notch, . 1880 feet. 



At Willey house, 2.6 miles. 1300 



Mt. Crawford house, 8.5 " 975 



Line between Harfs location and Bartlett, . . . 12.5 " 745 



Mouth of Rocky Branch, 18 " 560 



Mouth of Ellis river 20 " 511 



Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad crossing, 25 " 446 



Portland & Ogdensburg R. R. crossing, Conway Centre, 30 " 412 



Ossipee lake, 7 square miles, 408 



Tributaries of Saco River. 



ON EAST SIDE. 



Mt. Washington river, Hart's Location, 



Ellis river, Bartlett 



East Branch, Bartlett, 



ON WEST SIDE. 



Swift river, Conway, 



Ossipee river, Cornish, Me., .... 



LAKES AND PONDS. 



Mountain pond, Chatham, 



Walker pond, Conway, . . . 



Ossipee lake, 



Six-mile pond, Madison, . . 

 Chocorua lake, Tamworth, . 

 Bear Camp pond, Sandwich, 

 Dan Hole pond, Tuftonborough 

 Pine River pond, Wakefield, 

 Province pond, Effingham, . 



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The length of Ossipee river is given from Iron Works falls at the 

 mouth of Ossipee lake. The Bear Camp and Pine rivers, outlets of 

 ponds bearing the same names, are the principal tributaries to this lake. 

 From Iron Works falls to the source of Bear Camp river is twenty miles. 



