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dcr Deceased Member Registered: February 2004 Posts: 1,317	A shot taken yesterday of 3 small lakes from Avery Hill in Alton. Hills Pond is 3 mi. due west from Sandy Point. Crystal Lake appears in the photo to be considerably smaller than either of the other 2 lakes, but it is in fact the largest of the 3 - distance and perspective belie that fact in the photo. Crystal Lake is about 440 acres, Sunset Lake is about 250 acres and Hills Pond is about 140 acres. The name Hills Pond goes back to the earliest days of settlement of this area, in the 1700's. All 3 ponds were originally (there were probably Indian names earlier) named for early settlers of the area - only Hills Pond retains its early name. The right side of the photo shows the western half of the Belknap Range.
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mcdude

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Registered: July 2002
Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME
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Tue May 6, 2008 2:27pm

Hills Pond was named after Dr. Jonathan Hill whose old homestead burnt down back in the 80s(?). Sunset Lake was previously called Place's Pond named after a Mr. Place who dammed the outflow Hills Pond to create a sawmill and consequently created the pond. For more on the history of this area see http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3nm2c/s...pond/id12.html
Crystal Lake in Gilmanton was formerly known as Lougee Pond. In 1778 mining operations began and iron was smelted from rocks found on the bottom of the pond hence the name Gilmanton Iron Works which persisits today. For more history of Gilmanton Iron Works and Crystal Lake follow the link below.
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3nm2c/c...lake/id18.html

Avery Hill and Avery Hill Road are named after David Avery of Gilmanton.

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