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fatlazyless · 01-20-2019, 09:43 AM

Ya know, up till sometime around 1930, the Weirs shoreline was all rocky. From the 1930's through the 1970's, the sandy beach was made bigger and bigger and bigger, with sand dredged up from the channel and trucked from outside sand pits. From the movie clip above, the elevated walkway over the water, going out to Endicott Rock has been replaced by a now old concrete walkway and a rock jetty.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Endic...82203598480481

That spot is actually a great place to go sup paddle boarding. On most days, you can park in the Laconia beach p-lot, within 30' of the water, Weirs Channel, for 8-quarters/hour, unload your sup, hit the channel, and go paddle out around Endicott Rock and over towards the docked Mount Washington, along outside the swim rope line for the public beach; maybe 500-yards paddle. If you get into trouble there with the big waves, there's usually lifeguards there, who would help, even though it's out beyond the rope line. Plus, no one seems to mind if you beach your sup on the north end, closer to the Mount, and use the beach or the public restroom.

Now in 2019, if The Dive actually happens just north of the 230' Mount Washington cruise ship there, you can go sup paddling over to The Dive there, just for something to do?

01-20-2019, 09:43 AM	#5
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,525 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 295 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	Ya know, up till sometime around 1930, the Weirs shoreline was all rocky. From the 1930's through the 1970's, the sandy beach was made bigger and bigger and bigger, with sand dredged up from the channel and trucked from outside sand pits. From the movie clip above, the elevated walkway over the water, going out to Endicott Rock has been replaced by a now old concrete walkway and a rock jetty. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Endic...82203598480481 That spot is actually a great place to go sup paddle boarding. On most days, you can park in the Laconia beach p-lot, within 30' of the water, Weirs Channel, for 8-quarters/hour, unload your sup, hit the channel, and go paddle out around Endicott Rock and over towards the docked Mount Washington, along outside the swim rope line for the public beach; maybe 500-yards paddle. If you get into trouble there with the big waves, there's usually lifeguards there, who would help, even though it's out beyond the rope line. Plus, no one seems to mind if you beach your sup on the north end, closer to the Mount, and use the beach or the public restroom. Now in 2019, if The Dive actually happens just north of the 230' Mount Washington cruise ship there, you can go sup paddling over to The Dive there, just for something to do? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 01-20-2019 at 10:22 AM.