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fatlazyless · 11-22-2017, 06:58 PM

With 136-acres, Scott Everett should definitely take a good, long look at Timber Island in Gilford as a potential home to a summer camp. It got sold in about 2001 for about 1.25-million dollars, has just three seasonal camps with two acres each, and 130-acres of old growth forest, conservation easement land.

In about 2001, the State of New Hampshire had the first opportunity to purchase it and said no thanks. Like, why O why would the State of NH want to purchase a 136-acre, totally unoccupied and totally forested island, at an extremely low price, centrally located in Lake Winnipesaukee? To make it a state park, or a state forest, or a youth summer camp .....or, some combination of all three ..... that's why.

Timber Island is a very attractive spot with a number of natural sandy beaches, and has many, many 'no trespassing-keep out-this means you!' signs posted, all 'round the island. It pays almost no property taxes, has no occupants save for the three seasonal camps, gets no use, does nothing, and serves basically no purpose other than being a vacant primeval, old growth forest type of an island that is super nice to look at, or for anchoring your boat up close, off shore .... without going ashore.

It is sort of like the 'Area 51' of Lake Winnipesaukee.

11-22-2017, 06:58 PM	#45
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,525 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 295 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	...... Timber Island Summer Camp, ages 8-15 With 136-acres, Scott Everett should definitely take a good, long look at Timber Island in Gilford as a potential home to a summer camp. It got sold in about 2001 for about 1.25-million dollars, has just three seasonal camps with two acres each, and 130-acres of old growth forest, conservation easement land. In about 2001, the State of New Hampshire had the first opportunity to purchase it and said no thanks. Like, why O why would the State of NH want to purchase a 136-acre, totally unoccupied and totally forested island, at an extremely low price, centrally located in Lake Winnipesaukee? To make it a state park, or a state forest, or a youth summer camp .....or, some combination of all three ..... that's why. Timber Island is a very attractive spot with a number of natural sandy beaches, and has many, many 'no trespassing-keep out-this means you!' signs posted, all 'round the island. It pays almost no property taxes, has no occupants save for the three seasonal camps, gets no use, does nothing, and serves basically no purpose other than being a vacant primeval, old growth forest type of an island that is super nice to look at, or for anchoring your boat up close, off shore .... without going ashore. It is sort of like the 'Area 51' of Lake Winnipesaukee. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!