dcr
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Registered: February 2004
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This shot from a couple of weeks ago illustrates the odd nature of the way winters have developed for the last few years. Fall has been extended for a few months - here we see a scene that would normally be highlighted by snow and ice, now seemingly barren of both, even at the highest elevations. This scene, shot from Saunders Bay, shows what could be considered the middle third of the Sandwich Range, a range that does more, perhaps, to celebrate the region's American Indian heritage than any other area in NH - Passaconaway was probably the most renowned Indian chief and cultural hero of the New England area known to us, Nanamocomuck was his eldest son, and his grandson Wonalancet (a smaller mountain, seen here just below and between Passaconaway and Nanamocomuck) later inheirited the chiefdom of the Pennacook tribe from his famous grandfather. Two other peaks of the range, Paugus and Chocorua, are also named for historical Indian personages of the area - they are out of the picture, immediately to the east.
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