Questions about the Lakes Region

Jonas Pilot · 10-15-2011, 04:53 PM

Iv'e always called it Wickwas Lake and Lake Winnisquam.

DickR · 10-15-2011, 06:20 PM

Lake Wicwas is correct, although there may be other spellings in common use. See: www.lakewicwas.org.

Googling on Winnisquam, I see ample number of references with "Lake" before and after the name.

This map, from 1891, shows "Red Hand" island east of Sleepers. Bizer's site (http://www.bizer.com/winislan.htm) says the island now is Treasure Island, with (AKA Redhead). That old map is on one post on this old thread, which also discusses Red Hand vs Redhead: http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=1650

I'll leave the "points" to others.

10-15-2011, 04:53 PM	#1
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Iv'e always called it Wickwas Lake and Lake Winnisquam.

10-15-2011, 06:20 PM	#2
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 751 Thanks: 4 Thanked 259 Times in 171 Posts	Lake Wicwas is correct, although there may be other spellings in common use. See: www.lakewicwas.org. Googling on Winnisquam, I see ample number of references with "Lake" before and after the name. This map, from 1891, shows "Red Hand" island east of Sleepers. Bizer's site (http://www.bizer.com/winislan.htm) says the island now is Treasure Island, with (AKA Redhead). That old map is on one post on this old thread, which also discusses Red Hand vs Redhead: http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=1650 I'll leave the "points" to others.