Regarding currents, according to family members, we lost a cousin to drowning in the same general area as Frank Surette. This happened in the late 70's or early 80's. His body surfaced two weeks later in Alton Bay.
This seems to contradict the general flow of the lake. As you probably know the only discharge from the lake is in Lakeport. The river in Alton, Lake Wentworth in Wolfeboro, Mirror Lake in Tuftonboro and a bunch of small stream are all inflows at that end of the lake. So in general all water must flow out of Alton Bay, Wolfeboro Bay and Winter Harbor, up the Broads towards the Weirs, down Paugus bay and out the dam.
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