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Diver1111 · 09-23-2009, 09:13 PM

Offmycloud,

I PM'd you. Please check your mail. I'd love to check it out.

I appreciate the areas folks think should be dived and welcome all suggestions. In the future expect more photographs, possibly video as well-depends who I am diving with. While I love photos etc. I am not inclined to buy camera gear-that's what dive buddies are for. I'll bring the boat, side-scan, underwater scooter etc.-that's enough.

Some are tips to me from history buffs on Winni.com, some from local historians, some sites are found by diving with other divers, some I find by research and then check out.

One tool I use is to review USGS topo maps, generally dated 1909 although you will find later versions, about 1950. What I like about them is they show what WAS there not what IS there on a given body of water in NH-of course that's what interests me-what was there. I have a keen interest in any camps/cottages along a shore, as well as RR beds that generally don't appear on present day maps. RR beds are a great area to dive adjacent to.

For those interested in old USGS topo maps, go to:

http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/aboutmaps.htm

Scroll down to "The Images And Access To Them", then click the link.

Bear in mind these images can be hard to handle. For some reason if you click on a quadrant for an area, it opens full size then just shrinks by itself to a miniscule size that is pretty much useless. Can't remember how I got around that-I believe it was the Application I chose to open it in, say MS-Paint, or MS Picture & Fax Viewer etc.. that solved the problem. These quadrants are big, so you will have to scroll L/R, up/down, to see a given section of it.

A few years ago I printed out in color all of Lake Winnipesaukee-maybe 60 pages total, then cut, clipped, and taped them together, discarding areas covered that are not of the lake. Then I sent it out to my map guy for laminating. I now have a 1909 full sized topo chart of Winni that pushes 5' x 4' in size. What a great reference.

I am not the only one who knows of this map source. Rattlesnake Gal perhaps? McDude? (his postcard collection still blows me away); I know I have seen it referenced before on Winni.com but it's not well known.

09-23-2009, 09:13 PM	#9
Diver1111 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Exeter NH Posts: 611 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,034 Times in 229 Posts	Clarks Landing etc. Offmycloud, I PM'd you. Please check your mail. I'd love to check it out. I appreciate the areas folks think should be dived and welcome all suggestions. In the future expect more photographs, possibly video as well-depends who I am diving with. While I love photos etc. I am not inclined to buy camera gear-that's what dive buddies are for. I'll bring the boat, side-scan, underwater scooter etc.-that's enough. Some are tips to me from history buffs on Winni.com, some from local historians, some sites are found by diving with other divers, some I find by research and then check out. One tool I use is to review USGS topo maps, generally dated 1909 although you will find later versions, about 1950. What I like about them is they show what WAS there not what IS there on a given body of water in NH-of course that's what interests me-what was there. I have a keen interest in any camps/cottages along a shore, as well as RR beds that generally don't appear on present day maps. RR beds are a great area to dive adjacent to. For those interested in old USGS topo maps, go to: http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/aboutmaps.htm Scroll down to "The Images And Access To Them", then click the link. Bear in mind these images can be hard to handle. For some reason if you click on a quadrant for an area, it opens full size then just shrinks by itself to a miniscule size that is pretty much useless. Can't remember how I got around that-I believe it was the Application I chose to open it in, say MS-Paint, or MS Picture & Fax Viewer etc.. that solved the problem. These quadrants are big, so you will have to scroll L/R, up/down, to see a given section of it. A few years ago I printed out in color all of Lake Winnipesaukee-maybe 60 pages total, then cut, clipped, and taped them together, discarding areas covered that are not of the lake. Then I sent it out to my map guy for laminating. I now have a 1909 full sized topo chart of Winni that pushes 5' x 4' in size. What a great reference. I am not the only one who knows of this map source. Rattlesnake Gal perhaps? McDude? (his postcard collection still blows me away); I know I have seen it referenced before on Winni.com but it's not well known.