Lake Winnipesaukee
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Lake Winnipesaukee is New England's third largest lake and the largest lake in New Hampshire. Approximately 21 miles long, Winnipesaukee covers 69-71 square miles and has 288 miles of total shoreline. Covering such a breadth and length of territory it is not surprising that this great lake encompasses areas with widely different characteristics. To categorize Lake Winnipesaukee with a few words would be misleading. Tuftonboro Neck has many large estates and antique boathouses. Classic architecture and manicured landscaping can be found on Wolfeboro's Sewall Road. Paugus Bay features beach bars and a marina that sells formula boats; there are locations on Winnipesaukee to suit every taste. As a real estate agent it is wonderful experience to find a buyer a spot on the lake immediately recognizable as "home".
There are peaceful coves perfect for water-skiing and windy routes ideal for sailing. Lake Winnipesaukee has a maximum depth of 213 feet and there are more than a dozen species of fish that keep fishermen coming back every year to renew their personal tales of the most common type fish on Winnipesauke., known as "the fish that got away." Some of the sites that have become part of nostaligia of Winnipesaukee are the Mt. Washington sailing on her route across the lake. Another familiar site is the Sophie C, a sight-seeing boat that is one of only two boats in the United States that is an official U. S. Post Office that delivers mail, rain or shine, to eight islands on Winnipesaukee between June and September.
With a wide variety of terrain, size, and distance from the mainland, there are 253 islands on Lake Winnipesaukee. 26 of these islands are larger than 25 acres, the largest of the unbridged islands being Bear island, with 780 acres and Cow Island with 522 acres. There is a place for everyone on Lake Winnipesaukee to chart their own course for adventure and summer fun.
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