Boating from Wolfeboro bay to Lake Wentworth

rider · 04-19-2010, 09:50 PM

Is there any channel to get from one area to another?

Rattlesnake Guy · 04-19-2010, 10:22 PM

Although close by, Wentworth is about 30 feet higher at 535 feet.

rider · 04-19-2010, 10:38 PM

I didn't realize that, every year at Wolfeboro docks I see boats heading out from under the bridge and I always assumed that the lakes were connected. I guess they aren't, It looked like it on the map though.

mcdude · 04-20-2010, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy

Although close by, Wentworth is about 30 feet higher at 535 feet.

You'd have to navigate around the falls near the Wright Museum!

chipj29 · 04-20-2010, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mcdude

You'd have to navigate around the falls near the Wright Museum!

If you have the right boat, you could jump that.

rider · 04-20-2010, 10:16 AM

bring er onnn!!!!!

tis · 04-20-2010, 12:03 PM

Unless the river happens to be dry! Then you'd have to jump over the falls! Actually if you want to go from lake to lake by boat, you can join in the Smith River Canoe Race which goes from Lake Wentworth to Lake Winni. It is an annual event in May and is great fun to watch if you don't want to race.

LIforrelaxin · 04-20-2010, 12:20 PM

I have often wondered why some of the lakes in the area, never got connected via lockes...... Now of course the expenditure to take on such a project would be out of sight. But in years gone by...... anyways.... just a passing thought

wolfegirl · 04-29-2010, 05:35 PM

It was already mentioned, but the Smith River Canoe race is a blast and one of the only (probably THE only, never heard of another one in 13 years) organized runs from Wentworth to Winnipesaukee.

See www.lwa.org, the Lake Wentworth Association Web site. The race has many classes for canoes, kayaks, men, women, mixed, age, etc.... There is a dam at Crescent Lake that is lowered for the race and a short white water run up to a portage that lets you take your vessel to Back Bay (Winni..).

I've done it a few times, photographed friends doing it and had fun either way.

mcdude · 04-30-2010, 06:38 AM

Here's a LINK to some photos I took of the 2005 race

tis · 04-30-2010, 07:19 AM

Ah Dr. Selle! Doesn't he look like he is having fun!

Wolfeboro Matt · 04-30-2010, 07:49 PM

What does "lowering" the Crescent Lake dam mean? To let more water through so the river is navigable? I always wondered how the boats got down that river. Its usually pretty shallow.

mcdude · 05-01-2010, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolfeboro Matt

What does "lowering" the Crescent Lake dam mean? To let more water through so the river is navigable? I always wondered how the boats got down that river. Its usually pretty shallow.

.....exactly!

04-19-2010, 09:50 PM	#1
rider Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 51 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Boating from Wolfeboro bay to Lake Wentworth Is there any channel to get from one area to another?

04-19-2010, 10:38 PM	#3
rider Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 51 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	ahhhh..... I didn't realize that, every year at Wolfeboro docks I see boats heading out from under the bridge and I always assumed that the lakes were connected. I guess they aren't, It looked like it on the map though.

04-20-2010, 10:16 AM	#6
rider Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 51 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	I got a jet boat..... bring er onnn!!!!!

04-20-2010, 12:20 PM	#8
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Island, not that one, the one on Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,825 Thanks: 1,016 Thanked 880 Times in 514 Posts	I have often wondered why some of the lakes in the area, never got connected via lockes...... Now of course the expenditure to take on such a project would be out of sight. But in years gone by...... anyways.... just a passing thought __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

04-29-2010, 05:35 PM	#9
wolfegirl Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Needham, MA, Wolfeboro, NH Posts: 31 Thanks: 23 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Lake Wentworth to Winnipesaukee 5/22/10 It was already mentioned, but the Smith River Canoe race is a blast and one of the only (probably THE only, never heard of another one in 13 years) organized runs from Wentworth to Winnipesaukee. See www.lwa.org, the Lake Wentworth Association Web site. The race has many classes for canoes, kayaks, men, women, mixed, age, etc.... There is a dam at Crescent Lake that is lowered for the race and a short white water run up to a portage that lets you take your vessel to Back Bay (Winni..). I've done it a few times, photographed friends doing it and had fun either way.

04-19-2010, 10:22 PM	#2
Rattlesnake Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,254 Thanks: 423 Thanked 366 Times in 175 Posts	Although close by, Wentworth is about 30 feet higher at 535 feet.

04-20-2010, 12:03 PM	#7
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,410 Thanks: 719 Thanked 1,381 Times in 957 Posts	Unless the river happens to be dry! Then you'd have to jump over the falls! Actually if you want to go from lake to lake by boat, you can join in the Smith River Canoe Race which goes from Lake Wentworth to Lake Winni. It is an annual event in May and is great fun to watch if you don't want to race.

04-30-2010, 06:38 AM	#10
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,361 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,044 Times in 490 Posts	Here's a LINK to some photos I took of the 2005 race __________________

04-30-2010, 07:19 AM	#11
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,410 Thanks: 719 Thanked 1,381 Times in 957 Posts	Ah Dr. Selle! Doesn't he look like he is having fun!

04-30-2010, 07:49 PM	#12
Wolfeboro Matt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: middleton, ma and wolfeboro, nh Posts: 85 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	"lowering" a dam? What does "lowering" the Crescent Lake dam mean? To let more water through so the river is navigable? I always wondered how the boats got down that river. Its usually pretty shallow.