Lake Wicwas
Lake Wicwas | |
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Wickwas Lake | |
Location | Belknap County, New Hampshire |
Coordinates | 43°36′51″N 71°33′9″W / 43.61417°N 71.55250°W |
Primary inflows | Dolloff Brook |
Primary outflows | tributary of Lake Winnisquam |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
Max. width | 1.1 mi (1.8 km) |
Surface area | 350 acres (1.4 km2) |
Average depth | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Max. depth | 35 ft (11 m) |
Surface elevation | 504 ft (154 m) |
Islands | 4 |
Settlements |
Lake Wicwas,[1] also known as Wickwas Lake,[2] is a 350-acre (1.4 km2)[3] water body in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the town of . Water from Lake Wicwas flows south to Lake Winnisquam, then to the Winnipesaukee River, and ultimately to the Merrimack River.
The lake is classified as a warm-water fishery, with observed species including smallmouth and largemouth bass, chain pickerel, horned pout, and black crappie.[4]
Longstanding disagreement about how to spell the name of the lake led locals in 2019 to request that the state officially designate it as "Wicwas" without a K.[5] The requested spelling was adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in November 2019.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Wicwas
- ^ "Variant name: Wickwas Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Board on Geographic Names. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ New Hampshire GRANIT database
- ^ "Wicwas Lake, Meredith" (PDF). NH Fish & Game. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ Concord Monitor: "What a difference a K makes, to a Meredith lake" Feb. 3, 2019
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