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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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Vol. XI 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, July 11, 1913 
Wenham Lake 
One of the North Shore’s Beautiful Inland Waterways 
By MARY TAYLOR FALT 
BODY of water located on the inland North Shore, 
which has changed its topography so 
in the past two years, is Wenham Lake. The drought 
of two years ago had a great bearing on this change. To 
the weekly visitor to that section the change was most 
apparent. 
Wenham Lake has played such an important part 
in the scenic, useful and industrial affairs of the North 
Shore that its diminishing waters have been a source 
of great concern and agitation. In 1860 the lake was 
reputed to cover 320 acres of surface, 100 of which 
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were situated in Beverly. Its depth then was about 50 
feet. As a scenic setting it contrasts delightfully with 
the beautiful forests which border it. For that reason 
it has always had a strong hold on the affections of the 
levers of the beautiful. 
Traditionally it was the great fishing preserve and 
inland waterway of the Indians of that section of the 
North Shore. It is fascinating to make a mental pic- 
ture of these dusky Red Skins in their graceful canoes, 
monarchs then of the Wenham wilderness, paddling 
over this beautiful lake. 
The waters of the lake for many years were noted 
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