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07-14-2023, 06:53 AM | #1 |
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Hi Winni People,
I was kayaking around The Basin, Tuftonboro Neck area, yesterday and a little bit of Winter Bay.. Does anybody know why the water is blackish color, not as clear as other parts of the Lake.. Not as much movement/flow ?? Just curious, Thanks -Bill |
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My boat is docked in the basin and it definitely gets a dirty water line more than when I had it in Winter Harbor. Pretty sure it's due to lack of flow. It's more of a small stagnant pond.
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When i was last there, the weeds made for difficult paddling; still, water skiing was possible, albeit only in circles. Winter Harbor presently has a yellow color, as the recent rains have washed nutrients and yellow clay soil into the Harbor. High water levels have caused more than normal shoreline erosion. This has been made worse from huge wake turbulence from over-sized and poorly-suited boats for the locale. I've never seen such poor quality / visibility because of roiling of the waters. Between my nextdoor neighbor and myself, we've lost five trees into the lake. My neighbors have asked "What happened to Alton Bay waters?" 'Can't say I know... |
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Tuftonboro neck rd.
The other downside of the basin is passing under the road. Right now I don't think I can get out with the water levels this high. The upside is the basin stays calm even with rough surface conditions around other areas.
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The Alton Bay color and contamination is from the state run fish hatchery in new Durham. They dump everything into the merrymeeting River that goes directly to Alton Bay. If a private company was releasing this much waste - in this case, fish poop - they would have been shut down and fined into oblivion decades ago.
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It's down a bit.. Boats are going through.
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Thinking of buying on the Basin, kinda back and forth!! |
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It was substantially reduce when they went "el cheap" and replaced it with a giant culvert pipe. I wonder how many home owners in the basin at that time had to go out and get a new boat because the clearance was reduced? |
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Just drove over the bridge and it looked like a boat was stuck or at least having some difficulty wasn't a large boat either.
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Tuftonboro Neck Road does not have a railroad track on it. Not yet anyway, lol. |
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So, government-sponsored fish poop gets special treatment, and the rest of us get nothing (except dirty water) - doesn't sound fair.
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I agree about Hurricane of '38. I don't thinkl storms were named then. My copy isn't handy to confirm, but my recollection is that "Three Centuries on Winnipesaukee" (published in 1936) refers to "blackish water" in the Lees Mills area, also due to log storage. There was a lot of lumbering going on in the early 20th century and saw mills moved from cove to cove. I believe the small cove just beyond the Wolfeboro seaplane station was one. Apparently, lots of lost anchors there too.
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