Loon #1 (South of Pine) 1
Rock #1 (West of Bear) 1
Palmer (West of Bear) 1
Shepard (West of Bear) 1
Little Pine #1 (West of Bear) 0
Little Two Mile 1
Little Beaver 1
Middle Beaver 1
Big Beaver 7
Beaver 1
Penney #1 (SW of Bear) 1
Penney #2 (SW of Bear) 1
Note:Penney Island is one island with two homes, or two islands with one home each, depending on your point of view (and water level). The lake level was lower when most islands were named.



Trivia Question: Name an island with the same name as the person that owns it. (Trust names don't count)

Trivia answer
 

Trivia Question: Name an island with the same name as the person that owns it. (Trust names don't count)[/QUOTE]

Beaver Island
John Beaver

OK I am wrong
 

Beaver Island
John Beaver[/QUOTE]

OK I am wrong John Beaver doesn't own the whole Island but there is a John Beaver on Beaver Island.
( per PBS show Just Up The Road By Boat)

Bob

You get partial credit for that answer.

There is at least one other.

I appreciate all of the responses! I was looking for a ballpark number but this is great.

Thank you Grady for compiling a list of the responses so far.

Loon Island in Alton Bay
 

Although the pedestrian bridge was replaced in the 1960's by a driveway from Sandy Point, the Loon Island in Alton Bay (don't know which # this is in the listing ) has 1 private residence.

Up My Way
 

Store Island - 0
Gem Island - 1
East Twin Island - 1
Gun Island - 0
Poplar Island - 0
Joe's Island - 0
Loon Island - 0

The Forties
 

Here's my count for the Forties (and a few others):

Kineho 2
Breezy 1
Fish 1
Crescent 1
LeRoy 0
Pops 0
Saint's Rest 0
and I believe Round (the one near Camp) has 8

Steamboat 1
Windswept 1
Little Pine Tree 1

Near Lockes, Pig has 1 and Rock has 1
Little Vixen has 1

I never knew there was a "Chip Island".
Now that I know it is there, I need to do 2 things:
1. Find it
2. Live there

Thanks, which Loon? Where is it?

I can check #1 off my list, a quick google search showed me exactly where it was.
Now I need a new #1...go there in person.

Loon Island - 0 houses
 

Just slightly north of Joe's Island in Moultonborough Bay.

are there multiple geese?
 

Goose Island between Pine and Y-Landing has a single house

PIG

Not sure if it is Little Pine Island 1, 2 or 3 but it is at the entrance to Lee's Mill. My lake maps only list it as Little Pine Is. One cottage there.
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...992&ppuser=628

Update
 

Grady223

Update: Half Mile #2 Island house or cabin population of this island is: 0 (Goat skeletons too many to count).:laugh:

You have my apprecition and respect for taking on this task. It is a fool's mission that we all are doing, but it will keep us busy till the snow flys.:laugh:

A few more from my neck of the woods
 

Here are a few more for your list:

Evergreen - 2
Blanchards - 0
Battleship - 1
Whaleback - 2

Island Al: I can't remember the name of your island....have you added it to this ever-growing list? Great thread! :rolleye2:

two Gooses (geese)
 

There's a small Goose I. in Braun Bay with no house.

How does this relate to the Goose Island in Braun Bay which has no house? Is one of these perhaps Goose Egg Rock Island? Or are there 2 Goose Islands and one was not originally listed on Aggie's Wife's list?

Argie's Wife indicated 274 inhabitable islands but the named list she provided included only 195. Are the rest un-named or we just don't know their names. Does anyone know? There must be a complete list somewhere - can Bizer or Webmaster help?

The home page of this site says "Number of Islands=253". That number comes from this page on Bizer's site: http://www.bizer.com/winislan.htm. I have never seen any substantiation of the 274 and 365 numbers that you see and hear frequently. Many years ago during a Mount Washington cruise they announced that there were "365 islands, one for each day of the year". I asked one of the bridge crew where that number came from and they weren't sure. I assume it may be just folklore.

Goose
 

Grady223, The green chart just shows it as Goose I. near the north shore of Braun Bay. Too small for a house.

Amazing numbers
 

Isn't it amazing once something that is a given, isn't what it appears to be?:laugh: LET THE SEARCH CONTINUE!

Just to clarify that list - the source is lakewinnipesaukee.net - which I cite in the title above my post but thought I'd mention it again... Maybe there's a better resource?

There is one house on one of the Ozones - I think it's Little Six Mile. Another Ozone has a structure on it, but I don't think it's a house.

For the record, under anecdotes (not to be confused with antidotes), Birch Island (#2 on the list?) is connected by footbridge to Steamboat. In addition to the single home on Steamboat, that Birch has about 10 houses, but I don't have an exact count.

According to a photo on lakewinnipesaukke.net, Little Island has 1 house.

http://www.lakewinnipesaukee.net/mod...album=41&pos=3

Could we be checking online deeds to find a count?

Gichigumi Island off Smith Point is tiny with no homes

clarification re: Birch
 

In an earlier post where I stated that Birch Is. has 1 house it should have said Little Birch I. (E of Cow).

Thanks M/V

Welcome has one
 

Welcome Island is betwen Pitchwood and Stonedam and has one house that covers approximately 99.9865% of the island.

Official name: Blacksnap but us locals call it Chicken Island is located near Rattlesnake Landing in Glidden Cove, West Alton. It is too small for any buildings.

near Lees Mills and Greens Basin
 

Pinehurst - 1
Loan's (?) - 1
Badger - 1
Goodwin - 3
little Goodwin - 1
Round -1
Little Ganzey -1
Ganzey - 3 (at least)
Guay - 1
question, does land that can only be accessed by boat count if it has swamp touching on part of the "island" land stretching to main land (can not boat around)???? No names listed on Bizer charts

Data Update
 

Here is the current lisitng with updates through yesterday. Keep them coming.

I now have the Bizer list, thanks Webmaster, and will add the missing islands prior to next weeks update.

Happy Halloween!

Blueberry, Hull, and Wallace
 

Blueberry and Wallace have no homes. Hull has a number of separated rooms that make up one summer home.

cheera fro Graaaaaaaaaaady22333333333
 

You are the best! Thanks from all of us!:D

Alton Islands
 

This data is from the Alton tax assessment data base as of one year ago. As such any camps constructed in the past year on a previously vacant lot are not counted.

I was able to sort an excel file of the data by island and then by assessed building value; vacant lots are not included in my count. For the 1st few low building values, I looked on the on line tax data to make sure it was a "camp" and not just an outbuilding.

The results:
Barndoor - 55 (As Grady223 reported 56 soon to be 57 based on local knowledge, we should use his 57 in my opinion)

Cub - 2
Little Barndoor - 5
Little Mark - 1
Moose - 2
Rattlesnake - 146
Ship - 1
Sleeper - 61
Treasure - 14

I thought Blueberry was off Keniston Island, that Blueberry does have a house on it.

Blueberry Island
 

The Blueberry Island that I am referring to is east of Black Cat and north of Hull.

need towns or locations
 

There is also a Blueberry Island in Moultonboro, FL # 51 to small for any house and the wake action has it in at least two sections now. In a few years, will be nothing but a pile of rocks.

I realized that the Blueberry off Keniston is Little Blueberry, BCI and islandAl, thanks - I updated the info for both Blueberries.

OK, here is the latest update. I have reconciled the list with Bizer's. There are now 212 Islands on our list plus 42 that Bizer has listed as unknown, total 254. That is one more than Bizer's 253.

But, we have 4 islands on our list that are not on Bizer's: Blacksnap, Half Mile #2, Shelter and South Dolly - they are highlighted in yellow. Could be they are duplicates of others on our list or islands listed by Bizer as unkown. Any help on this would be appreciated.

We have data on 108 of the 212 islands and have identified 890 homes. I have made assumptions on some - example: where Bizer's list describes the island as a large rock I assume there is not house on it.

Keep the info coming.

Black Island
 

The south end Black island is where you'll find the senior division of Camp Winaukee. On the north end is a small house that probably belongs to the camp, since I think they own the whole island. Therefore, that house is not a true residence and I think 0 houses should be assigned to Black Island.