Lake Winnisquam

Lake Winnisquam is in Belknap County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the communities of Meredith, Laconia, Sanbornton, Belmont, and Tilton.

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Type: Reservoir
Description: lake of the United States of America
Also known as: “Great Bay”, “Lake Winnesquam”, and “Winnisquam Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bay Meeting House and Vestry and Ahern State Park.

Bay Meeting House and Vestry

Church

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The Bay Meeting House and Vestry, now the Second Baptist Church, is a historic church complex on Upper Bay and Steele Roads in Sanbornton, New Hampshire.

Ahern State Park is a 128-acre state protected area in Laconia on Lake Winnisquam in New Hampshire's Lakes Region. It is open year-round and offers hiking, non-motorized boating, biking, and fishing. It features 3,500 feet of lake shoreline. Ahern State Park is situated 1½ miles northeast of Lake Winnisquam.

Laconia Passenger Station

Railway station

Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Laconia Passenger Station is a historic railroad station at 9-23 Veterans Square in downtown Laconia, New Hampshire. It was built in 1892 for the Boston and Maine Railroad and is a prominent regional example of Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture. Laconia Passenger Station is situated 2 miles east of Lake Winnisquam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laconia and Winnisquam.

Laconia

Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Laconia is a city of 17,000 people in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. It includes the villages of Lakeport and Weirs Beach.

Winnisquam

Hamlet

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Winnisquam is an unincorporated community in the Lakes Region in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The village is located at, around the U.S. Route 3 bridge over the narrows of Lake Winnisquam, and covers portions of three towns: Belmont, Sanbornton, and Tilton. Winnisquam is situated 2½ miles south of Lake Winnisquam.

Lakeport

Hamlet

Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.

Lakeport is a neighborhood in the city of Laconia in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. It was once known as Lake Village and is centered on a power dam on the short river channel between Paugus Bay to the north, and Opechee Bay to the south. Lakeport is situated 2½ miles east of Lake Winnisquam.

Lake Winnisquam

Categories: lake and body of water
Location: Belknap, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.53634° or 43° 32′ 11″ north

Longitude

-71.51101° or 71° 30′ 40″ west

Elevation

482 feet (147 metres)

Open location code

87MCGFPQ+GH

GeoNames ID

5088496

Wikidata ID

Q7332694

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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Winnisquam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Lake Winnisquam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lake Winnisquam”
Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره وينيسكوام”
French: “lac Winnisquam”
French: “Lac Winnisquam”
Hebrew: “ויניסקוואם”
Turkish: “Winnisquam Gölü”
“Winnisquam”

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