waterfront ownership

John A. Birdsall · 09-04-2008, 01:41 PM

I should know by now how to start a new thread, but I don't soooo....

We had a celebration this summer, our family has owned a cottage on the lake for 100 years, and we have enjoyed it, and most of our neighbors. We had always lived on the notion that the State of NH owned the lake up to high water mark,
We had a wall built on that premise in 1956, On Labor Day weekend we were told by Officer Skivise of the Alton Police Dept, that was not true, that in fact lake front property extends ten feet out into the lake. We tried to ask about the Deeds and surveys done, but apparerntly this does not matter.

Does anyone else have a feel for this. I think that the Alton Police Department is giving away state property.

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09-04-2008, 01:41 PM	#1
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	waterfront ownership I should know by now how to start a new thread, but I don't soooo.... We had a celebration this summer, our family has owned a cottage on the lake for 100 years, and we have enjoyed it, and most of our neighbors. We had always lived on the notion that the State of NH owned the lake up to high water mark, We had a wall built on that premise in 1956, On Labor Day weekend we were told by Officer Skivise of the Alton Police Dept, that was not true, that in fact lake front property extends ten feet out into the lake. We tried to ask about the Deeds and surveys done, but apparerntly this does not matter. Does anyone else have a feel for this. I think that the Alton Police Department is giving away state property. Webmaster Note: This post has been moved to its own thread.