Was surprised to see that Timber Island, which has so many 'no trespassing' signs all around its 2 1/2-mile island shoreline, has a website.
www.timberisland.org
While the website for Timber Island says 'Welcome' ...... that does not seem to be accurate at all ...... and it should probably say 'Keep Out - No Trespassing!'
Could be the 'Welcome' refers to anchoring along the shoreline, as long as you keep off the island, and do not go ashore.
Oh well, it's one of those areas where you ask yourself about all the possible uses this large island could be, and having it be a natural, undisturbed forest is a good use from a visual perspective. It's a great place to drop anchor and soak up the scenery, or go fishing from a kayak, close to the shore. It could have been developed into many 2-acre lots, similar to other islands, lining the 2 1/2 miles shoreline with island homes, docks and boats. Or, the State of NH could have bought it for 1.6-mil dollars in about 2001, a real steal-of-a-deal for the state, and created Timber Island State Park & Campground. That would have been a great use that included sailing, canoeing, horseshoe games, outdoor cooking, camping, softball games, and a rope-swing out over the water except it never happened, so's it will probably remain a primeval forest island for hundreds of years supporting the trees and wild animals like the deer and the very sturdy pin oak tree that hangs out over the water ...... with no people allowed onto the island to be swinging from the trees.
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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fos...?pid=173551782
Virginia Spaulding Champlin (1921-2014) was the daughter of Rolland H Spaulding, a Republican Governor of New Hampshire, one hundred years ago from 1/1/1915 - 1/2/1917
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolland_H._Spaulding
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Somehow or other, in my mind, it just seems to me that had Gov Rolland Spaulding been a Democrat, and not a Republican, that today, one hundred years later, we would be having Timber Island State Park & Campground, as opposed to TimberIsland.Org, and it would have a rope swing hanging from a tree, to go swing out over the water.......weeeeeoooooo!