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Pershing Tank at The Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, one of the many museums on the NH Heritage Museum Trail.

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Taking A Trip Along NH Heritage Museum Trail

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Welcoming tens of thousands of visitors annually, museums on the Lakes Region branch of the New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trail are gearing up for a summer full of fun activities for all ages. At the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) in Wolfeboro, Executive Director Martha Cummings referred to their Sailboat Sharing program as one of their “hidden gems.” The program provides adult sailors without a sailboat themselves to sail on Lake Winnipesaukee. “Sailing is fun, but the drudgery of maintaining and storing a sailboat can be a hassle,” she said. Through the program, individuals can purchase a “share” of the sailboat at different levels and make use of the boat accordingly. The Sailboat Sharing Program represents a partnership between NHBM and Tuftonboro Parks & Recreation with support from the Wolfeboro Corinthian Yacht Club. To learn more, visit nhbm.org/sailboat-sharing.

At The Libby Museum of Natural History in Wolfeboro, Director Catriona Lennon expressed excitement to once again host Live Animal Shows with Wildlife Encounters and their “friendly critters.” These animals range from local to exotic, large to small, and include a variety of reptiles, mammals, birds and more. “The Live Animal Shows are such a fun event for the whole family,” she said. “The shows bring life to the taxidermy in the museum and they further our mission to inspire ‘curious investigation’ of the natural world.” Live Animal Shows take place on Wednesdays at 2 pm from July 7th to August 4th. “The shows are free, although donations are always appreciated,” added Lennon. To reserve a seat, visit thelibbymuseum.org.

At the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, kids and adults alike often express amazement at the tank collection on display, according to Executive Director Mike Culver. “The Pershing tank is an especially significant collection artifact because it actually took part in the Battle for the Bridge at Ramaganone, one of the

most famous encounters in WWII,” he said. The Wright Museum also features a number of “ordinary objects” that could be found in the American home, office, business or garden during the period of 1939-1945. These artifacts range from bicycles, typewriters and baseball cards to comic books, toys, clothes, books, art, dentist office, five & dime store, Victory Garden and more. To learn more, visit wrightmuseum.org. At the Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm in Tamworth, visitors can take a guided hike with young Nubian goats. Along the six-tenths-ofa-mile walk, all will have the opportunity to take a turn leading a goat as they enjoy sweeping views of the farm. “Goat hikes are a great way to get some exercise, interact with a new farm friend and see the farm from a new perspective,” said Program Director Jim Cruickshank. “Take a Hike with a Goat” begins June 2 and takes place on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Preregistration is required. To learn more, visit remickmuseum.org. See TRAIL on 24

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Launching Into 20 Years Of Preventing The Spread Of Invasive Species

by Andrea LaMoreaux NH Lakes Assoc.

For many of us, 2021 is a year for celebrating many things. Summer 2021 marks the twentieth year of the NH LAKES Lake Host Program and we hope you’ll agree this is reason to celebrate! Over the past 19 summers, our Lake Hosts have conducted almost 1.3 million courtesy boat and trailer inspections and captured at least 1,635 invasive species specimens hitchhiking on boats about to be launched into or just taken out

of our lakes. Without Lake Hosts standing guard, these aquatic hitchhikers could have caused serious and irreversible harm to the lakes we all love. Not only can infestations of invasive species disrupt the natural ecology of lakes, they can make wading, swimming, and boating, unpleasant, difficult, and dangerous. Invasive species infestations lower lakeside property values while costing the state and local communities millions of dollars annually in management costs and time. Unfortunately, once

firmly established in a lake, invasive species are nearly impossible to get rid of. Without Lake Hosts stationed at nearly 100 of busiest boat ramps in the state each summer since 2002, many more lakes in New Hampshire would be fouled by masses of unwanted invasive species—plants like variable milfoil, Eurasian milfoil, and fanwort, and invasive animals like the Asian clam and Chinese mystery snail. Our partners at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services report that the rate

of invasive plant spread in our lakes has decreased over the past two decades, attributing this good news, in large part, to the Lake Host Program. The thousands of individuals who have served as Lake Hosts over the years are truly heroes! If you have been part of our Lake Host Team—thank you—and please pat yourself on the back! If you know a Lake Host, or see a Lake Host this summer during your travels, please take a moment to thank them. N o t o n l y See SPREAD on 38

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— A Comfort And A Curse — Series Reading For Summer

by Debby Montague Weirs Times Book Reviewer

“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned, and the days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.” ― Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader Bennett’s Uncommon Reader, like us, knows that one book leading to another can be a comfort because nothing is more heartening in good times and bad than to sit with a book and lose yourself in the story. That Uncommon Reader might also consider books a curse, as we readers do on occasion when life does not permit time enough for reading and the book on the shelf is calling to us. Series reading is a great comfort when you start one that has twenty books, and you can spend three months or three years getting friendly with the characters and their lives. A long series often can be read out of order without lessening your enjoyment. You read the first book and then carry on as

far as you can go with whatever number in the series you choose or find. Sometimes, when unearthing the right book to read seems impossible, going back to a beloved series is the only way to sooth your soul. I have read all of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe mysteries at least four times, some of “Archie’s reports” more than that, and they never lose their charm. Conversely, reading a series can be a terrible curse when you have read fifteen of the sixteen books only to find that the sixteenth book, the one with all the just desserts and happily-everafters cannot be found anywhere for any reasonable price. Another curse of series reading is that after working your way through ten or fifteen books, in chronological order, you begin to detest a character or two, or a plot is just too tortuous or ridiculous and you give up. Mystery, romance, history, fantasy or sci-fi series are all great for summer reading. If you have extra time for reading in the summer, that is great! If you do not, if you are a bibliophile, you will make more time. And if you are looking for recommendations in the mystery category –

my favorite genre – here are four series for your consideration. My mom recommended the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike detective novels by Robert Crais some years back, but it was only a year ago when I was looking for a fitting escape that I began the series. The books take place primarily in Los Angeles, which to me is remote enough to qualify as a retreat, though the plots are far from peaceful. Elvis Cole is the main character, a private detective with the soul of a boy scout, the skills of a Samurai, and a fondness for Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket. Elvis’s friend and partner in the detecting business, Joe Pike, is the strong, silent and deadly type, with a sense of right and wrong as strong as Elvis’s, or Jiminy Cricket’s. There are eighteen books, so far, and though Los Angeles has never had much appeal for me Crais’ Elvis Cole series does. The books are more thriller than mystery, and all of them are a great ride. I recommend starting with The Monkey’s Raincoat, the first in the series, for a proper introduction to Elvis. See MONTAGUE on 28

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A visiting angler with a gorgeous landlocked salmon.

by Tim Moore Contributing Writer

Lake Winnipesaukee Fishing Opportunities

At 45,000 acres, Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in New Hampshire. Winni, as it is affectionately called by most regulars, is a vacation destination known throughout the country. Celebrities, professional athletes, politicians, and more flock to the lake every year to take advantage of its many recreation opportunities. Although filmed elsewhere, the 1991 movie, What About Bob, was set on its shores. For anglers though, Winni is widely considered a mecca for its many angling opportunities, drawing fishermen from far and wide. Lake Winnipesaukee is considered a twotiered fishery, meaning it supports both coldwater and warmwater species. Coldwater fish that call this lake home are landlocked salmon, lake trout, and rainbow trout. The season for trout

and salmon is April 1 through September 30. The minimum length for salmon and rainbow trout is 15-inches, and the minimum length for lake trout is 18-inches. Warmwater fish include smallmouth and largemouth bass, white perch, black crappie, yellow perch, and pickerel. Just about every technique imaginable are used to target the various fish species, and each has a preferred time of year and method that is favored by anglers.

Landlocked Salmon Salmo salar sebago has but a few genetic differences from that of the Atlantic salmon. Atlantic salmon and landlocked salmon are mostly separated by life history and behavior. Atlantic salmon are anadromous, meaning they live in the ocean and return to freshwater rivers to spawn. Whereas landlocked salmon are potadromous, meaning they live their entire lives

in freshwater and a main lake serves as their ocean. Both fish are referred to as “leapers” due to their tendency to jump when caught. The majority of salmon in Lake Winnipesaukee are stocked by the NH Fish and Game Department. When the salmon run up the rivers in the fall, NH Fish and Game net the fish, and strip the eggs and milt, and raise them in a hatchery. Then they stock them back into the lake. This increases their survival rate exponentially, offering many more fishing opportunities and ensuring they are there for each year’s anglers. While the numbers of salmon are way down this year, Fish and Game are working diligently to recover the number of salmon to more productive levels. I consider the first few weeks after ice-out and the months of August and September to be the most productive times to catch landlocked salmon. Early in See MOORE on 26

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View of the Mount Washington Hotel at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire during the 1906 Glidden Tour. Crowd of spectators gathers around automobile in driveway.

Welcome To New Hampshire Getting There From Here

by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

Four hundred years ago they called New Hampshire a wilderness. Nowadays it is a vacation land and a place where city folk and others can flee to in an effort find open spaces to escape the COVID-19 virus. For many years they traveled in New Hampshire at a slow pace; now they come in the air and on the ground at record speeds and move quickly from place to place once they get here. Things ain’t what they used to be. Once upon a time the visitor to New Hampshire went on a leisurely or slow but strenuous journey to explore its beauty and varied landscape. Even one hundred and fifteen years ago the pace was much slower than that of today. One day back then the residents of Littleton had a peaceful Sunday morning disturbed at about 8:00 o’clock when a young man came up the street on a motorcycle at a speed estimated to be from twenty to forty miles an hour. People scrambled for the sidewalk and those out with

teams of horses had to take extra means to control the animals. A complaint was made to the police and the young man on the motorcycle was identified as Ed Twombley who had come from St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The speed limit in the thickly settled areas of town was eight miles an hour and a maximum speed for country roads was twenty miles an hour. The policeman went to arrest the motorcyclist, but because he had no papers, did not personally see the infraction, and the rules stated that papers could not be issued on Sunday, no arrest was made. The young man went home across the state line to St. Johnsbury, and it was decided it could not be proved that he exceeded the speed limit, so he escaped the ten dollar fine. The earliest residents of the Granite State, the native Americans, or Indians, used the waterways and paths through the woods as means of transportation, canoeing or walking to get from one place to another. Their earliest visitors, the explorers, came, not on vacation, but seeking products that could make them wealthy, or just to find new places to investigate. Then other people from across the Atlantic

Ocean came, also not on vacation, but to find a new place to settle down and live out their lives. They used the Indian paths and waterways to move from place to place and brought horses to ride on, producing “bridle paths.” In winter, sleds were used and settlers, including the first ones in my home town of New Hampton, would travel on frozen lakes to claim the land granted to them in the interior of the state. They built roads for horse and wagon and in 1796 a new type of road was made available, at a cost, to travelers. It was called the turnpike road, and the first one in New Hampshire is said to have been appropriately named “The New Hampshire Turnpike Road.” It went for a distance of thirty six miles through the towns of Durham, Lee, Barrington, Nottingham, Northwood, Epsom, Chichester, Pembroke, and Concord. Other turnpikes throughout the state followed the construction of this first one. These roads had gates from place to place where the user was required to stop and pay a fee to use the road. The gates came to be called toll-gates. The turnpikes opened up See SMITH on 30

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by Chris Bosak

Birdwatching For Beginners

Contributing Writer

Scores of people turned to the outdoors over the last year as COVID-19 lockdowns restricted many traditional recreational activities such as dining out, sporting events and concerts. Birdwatching, in particular, has surged in popularity as people discovered the beauty of nature right in their own backyards and nearby parks. If you are still on the fence about birdwatching or just dipping your toe in the hobby, here is a guide to get you going. In its most simple form, birdwatching is as easy as stepping outside or looking through your window to find birds. If you are feeding birds and enjoying the antics of chickadees, nuthatches and other backyard birds, you’re already in the birdwatching club. Expensive equipment is not necessary to identify a robin hopping across your yard. You don’t need fancy clothing to observe a great blue heron stalking fish on a pond’s edge. Formal

training is not necessary to recognize or appreciate a loon wailing from a nearby lake at dawn. Having basic tools, however, can greatly enhance your birding experience and quickly elevate your skill level. A pair of binoculars and a field guide are the two most essential items for getting started. Items such as a spotting scope, quality camera, specialized clothing or pricey birding app for your phone can be added as your interest and eagerness for knowledge of the birding world expands. Fair warning, birdwatching can be addictive and these items are likely to be added to your repertoire sooner rather than later. Binoculars range in price from about $10 to several thousand dollars. A $10 pair will get you started and be good enough as you get your feet wet in the hobby. Like many things, you get what you pay for in binoculars. While dropping several thousands of dollars on binoculars is not realistic for most people, particularly those new to the hobby, a modest investment in good optics will go a long way toward enhancing your

enjoyment in the field. The difference between a $10 and a $100 pair of binoculars is night and day. There are many factors to be considered when purchasing binoculars, such as size, weight, ease of focus and brand loyalty. Most factors come down to personal preference and budget. Two numbers are typically associated with binoculars, such as 8x40. The first number (8 in this case) is the magnification strength and the second number is the size of the objective lens in millimeters, which determines how much light the binoculars can gather. In general, the larger the objective lens the better as more light means more detail in the subject and better birding at dawn and dusk. The most common magnification numbers are 7, 8 and 10. Most beginners (and many advanced birders) use a 7 or 8 as 10 can make it more difficult to find the subject and keep it steady while observing. The use of field guides has changed dramatically in recent years as the popularity of phone apps has replaced paperSee BOSAK on 34

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Amy Patenaude (foreground) and friend Ellen celebrate the successful cut of a Birch Tree that was blocking the Red Path in Wonalancet. “Trail maintenance is fun and satisfying work,” says Amy. “We have been volunteering with the Wonalancet Out Door Club for years and we look forward to our next work day. You can volunteer with a trail club there is work for different skilled workers--from tossing sticks to raking out drainages and painting blazes to clipping brush.”

Wonalancet Out Door Club’s Mount Katherine & Trail Tending Red Path To Tilton Spring by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Columnist

If you hike it is more important than ever to support the organizations that take care of the trails you enjoy. Please join a local trail club, more of your membership fees will go to support trail maintenance. If you’re not sure who maintains the trails you like to hike look it up in the AMC White Mountain Guide. Right after the name of the trail the organization responsible is listed in parentheses followed by the map location. Example: Kate Sleeper Trail (WODC, Map 3,J7-J8). WODC is the Wonalancet Out Door Club. There are dozens of trail clubs in New Hampshire, please help, join today. Hiking and getting outdoors has been a popular activity for many people and their families this summer. Nothing is better than being outside where there is plenty of fresh air and room to spread out. Even though the hiking trails and

paths have been and are being heavily used, volunteer trail maintenance efforts were put on hold this past spring and early summer. The Wonalancet Out Door Club’s summer trail days for May and June were not held due to concerns for safety and the emergency order on group size limitations. Thankfully the July Trails Day was held in July and work cleaning the drainage and brushing the Cabin Trail was performed by Club volunteers. Volunteer trail maintainers went back to work too. Ellen and I contacted Jack, WODC and Trails Chair and asked for an assignment for brushing and light trail clearing for our Trails Day work. Ellen and I enjoy clipping out brush that has grown into the paths and removing limbs and smaller trees that have blown down blocking the way. Jack offered us a few options and we selected the Red Path to Tilton Spring. The trail begins with a short road walk beginning near the lovely and quaint Wonalancet Union Chapel. There is no parking on the gravel

road to Ferncroft, please park off the pavement on Route 113A near the church. The Red Path begins on the left about 150 yards from 113A, maybe you can spot the Red Path sign, follow the one lane gravel road past a field and look for rock cairns and a telephone pole on your left with a blue blaze. When we arrived we could see the pile of rocks on the right,side (there is no trail on the right side) but the brush hid the cairn on the left next to the obstructed view of the telephone pole blaze. We made quick work cutting back the thick greenery to make the trail visible where it enters the woods. The Red Path is just 7/10ths of a mile and ends at the Tilton Spring and intersects the Pasture Path. From the spring it is another half mile up the Pasture Path to reach the ledgy summit of Mount Katherine. Ellen and I started at 8:30 am, it wasn’t cool weather for long and we were dripping with sweat imme- See PATENAUDE on 36

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Outdoor Sunday Worship Services On Alton Bay “It’s not your Father’s Chevrolet.” Remember this commercial about the new cars coming off the assembly line. The makers wanted people to know that they are doing things differently than previous generations. The Community Church of Alton is doing things differently with Church by hosting an outdoor worship service at the Alton Bay bandstand each Sunday in July, August and into Labor Day, the 5th of September. It will begin at 8:30am to enjoy the quiet solitude of the lake. It is very informal, bring your own car, chair, boat or blanket. You will find a friendly and not threatening environment. They won’t even ask you for any of your money. Refreshments will be served afterwards if you would like to linger. Pastor Sam Hollo of the Community Church of Alton explains what you can look forward to at the Services on the Bay: “You will hear God speak in stereo. From His Creation, which reveals so much about Him, as well as from the wisdom of God revealed in His book, the Bible. Our theme will be “Preparing for The Ends.” Whether we like it or not everything will come to an end. Our lives, our Country, even world History will end when God returns a second time to wrap up the mess we are creating. You can’t fight these “ends” and win, they are inevitable. You must adjust and pre-

Bring your chair, a blanket, just listen from your car or even from your boat. All are welcome to Services at Alton Bay, every Sunday at 8:30am at the gazebo through September 5th. (In case of rain services will still be held at 8:30 at the church building at 20 Church Street, Alton.) pare. For those who come and learn, every “end” can be a glorious beginning, if we follow the wisdom of God. His specialty is resurrecting the dead, person, nation and earth. As one person once said, it’s not that life is so short, but that death is so

long. Eternity is a long time. Like retirement, health, house and life insurance, if it’s in your power to prepare for the future events of life in which you need God’s help, and you don’t, you will be just plain foolish.”

If it rains, services will be held at The Community Church of Alton at 20 Church St in Alton. In case of a rain forecast, a message will be put on the Church’s phone answering machine, on Facebook, and on their website, www.ccoaalton.com

Pastor Sam Hollo of the Community Church of Alton leads a Sunday worship on Alton Bay. the evening before For more information call 603 875-5561. If you can’t join in person, you can still join through You Tube at www.ccoaalton.com. You will see a link for

the livestream there. If you haven’t already, look for and enjoy Letters From God, a weekly editorial in the Weirs Times.

Summer Outdoor Worship Starts June 6th every Sunday 8:30am Everything will end, our lives, our nation, and even the world. But every ending can be a glorious new beginning if we trust a loving, eternal God. Bring your lawn chairs, come join us and learn how to have endings that are the beginnings of life now and forever.

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Have You Heard Of eFoil The Newest Watercraft? eFoil by Lift is an electric powered hydrofoil that uses an advanced lithium-ion battery to power a silent and eco-friendly motor that is mounted on an all carbon fiber hydrofoil , all controlled by a wireless bluetooth hand controller. Riders can fly for over an hour of speeds up to 25 mph. You can cruise and surf anywhere without the need for a boat or waves. Who Can Do It? Anyone really! Lift has designed their products for everyone from total beginners looking for a fun experience to athletes seeking their next thrill. Lift recommends riders age 14 and up who weigh less than 250 pounds. Our instructors will give you all the instruction and pointers to get you up and riding on your first day!

2 hours. At the end of the lesson we will provide a coupon code for a $250 discount towards the purchase of a new board. Where Do Lessons Take Place? The beauty of the eFoil is that they are easy to transport, so your instructor can meet you at a convenient body of water. Efoli New Hampshire is the official Lift affiliate for the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and service all of the lakes in the area. Depending on conditions, they try to find the most calm and most convenient water for the customer . They offer lessons from their boat on Lake Winnipesaukee and are also partnered

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We want you to be safe on the trails! The NH Fish and Game Department and the White Mountain National Forest are partners in a mountain safety education program called “hikeSafe” to help get the word out on what hikers need to know. As part of this program, the Hiker Responsibility Code is posted on hikeSafe signs at all major trailheads in New Hampshire. The code applies to all hikers, from beginners on a short hike to experienced outdoor enthusiasts embarking on an expedition. Please practice the elements of the code and share the code with fellow trekkers. This will help increase responsibility and reduce the need for Search and Rescue efforts. In case of an accident or emergency, call the NH State Police at 1- 800-525-5555 or 911. Be sure to give specific details concerning you, your emergency, your location and a call-back number.

start. •To leave your plans. Tell someone where you are going, the trails you are hiking, when you’ll return and your emergency plans. •To stay together. When you start as a group, hike as a group, end as a group. Pace your hike to the slowest person. •To turn back. Weather changes quickly in the mountains. Fatigue and unexpected conditions can also affect your hike. Know your limitations and when to postpone your hike. The mountains will be there another day. •For emergencies. Even if you are headed out for just an hour, an injury, severe weather or a wrong turn could become life threatening. Don’t assume you will be rescued; know how to rescue yourself. To share the hiker code with others. Additional resources for hiking preparation, including how to plan your trip and what to know if you’re hiking with children or a group, can be found at hikesafe.com.

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Music on the Meeting House Green At Canterbury Shaker Village Sundays in the Summer 4 - 5pm

Bring a picnic, bring a chair, and enjoy a series of concerts on the green. Concerts will be held outdoors on the lawn leading to and surrounding the Meeting House. All types of music for all ages and

performances will be amplified for optimal sound quality. Suggested donation of $10 per person. Parking is behind the barn as per the signs. Some of the concerts

include: June 27 - Jim Dozet Duo. Jim performs an eclectic range of musical styles, drawing inspiration from musicians as varie as Randy Newman and the Wood Brothers, and blending that influence into his own brand of Americana. With Jim on guitar and his long-time accompanist Nick Phaneuf, on bass, the Jim Dozet Duo will deliver an upbeat, harmonyrich performance. July 4 -Kathy Lowe. Kathy won a jinglewriting contest when she was sixteen and never looked back. She has been writing and performing her own

music since then, playing guitar and dulcimer, and especially enjoys finding songs that people can sing along with. July 11 - River Sister is an indie folk band featuring the silky vocal harmonies of Elissa Margolin and Stephanie Guzikowski with the elaborate rhythms of bassist Nate Therrien. Recently nominated for a Spotlight award for best folk group, featured on WMUR’s Summer Songfest, and hailed for their “joyous and inspiring performances” around New England, River Sister will be a welcome addi-

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August 1 - The Wholly Rollers is a Concord, NH, based band performing bluegrass, old time, string band, and gospel music. As band leader Dick Bennett comments “No one has more fun at a Wholly Rollers concert than the Rollers themselves!” August 8 - Cellists Jan Fuller and Harel Gietheim return to the Village! Jan is a Concord, NH, native and Juilliard-trained musician. Gietheim described by the Boston Globe as a “brilliant cellist,” has performed across the United States and internationally and is currently the principal cellist for Symphony New Hampshire. August 15 - Suzuki Strings students will perform on violins of many sizes, based on their study of the

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One of David Warren’s terrific models at the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum - The James Bell. TARIL from 24 property opens to the public for the day. Coffee and information will be provided by Wayfarer Coffee Roasters of Laconia, and a ticket also includes a souvenir mug. “The only way to make this start to your weekend more perfect would be to pair it with a tour of Lucknow Mansion,” said Mackenzie Padula, program coordinator and interpretive manager. “Exploration of this 1914 mountaintop estate, with its stunning

views, Arts and Crafts architecture, and innovative technologies, is a one-of-a-kind experience that is not to be missed while in the Lakes Region.” To learn more, visit castleintheclouds.org. In Plymouth, the Museum of the White Mountains will be present Wayfinding: Maps of the White Mountains, June 4 - Sept 16. Cocurated by map collector Adam Apt, the exhibition features a

variety of maps from the historic past to present day. There is also an accompanying virtual Summer Speaker Series, made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. The first talk, The Emerging LiDAR Landscape: Clearcutting with Lasers, is on on June 24 and presented by Rick Chormann, retired State Geologist and Di-

rector of the New Hampshire Geological Survey. “A true believer in the potential of LiDAR technology to revolutionize geologic mapping and digital terrain analysis, Rick will give an overview of how it works

and its numerous applications,” said Cynthia Cutting, museum director. To learn more, visit plymouth.edu/mwm. Formed in 2014, the NH Heritage Museum

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26 MOORE from 7 the spring, the salmon are chasing smelt in the shallows. Once the smelt runs (spawning) are over, the salmon

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Many trophy black crappie are caught In Lake Winnipesaukee. ter reaches an undesirable temperature for salmon and their food source, they will fluctuate between the early summer thermocline and the surface, moving up and down in the water column early and late in the day to feed. As water temps hit the 70s, the salmon will spend almost all their time just below the thermocline, making them easier to find. Trolling spoons, streamer flies, and live bait on leadcore line

and downriggers are tactics used by most anglers. Rainbow Trout Rainbows are widely considered a by-catch by many salmon anglers during the spring and summer months, but I couldn’t be happier to catch them. They jump almost as much as salmon and they help fill in the slow times while we wait for a salmon to bite, and they get big in Winni. The NH Fish and Game Department also stocks rainbow trout, but they are usually stocked when they are smaller than the minimum length, giving them a chance to “wild up” before they get caught and kept. The result is rainbow trout that often run from 3 to 5-pounds. The same techniques used to catch salmon are also used for rainbow trout, as the two will usually occupy the same waters. Whether you’re trolling for salmon or rainbows, if you catch one, turn around and troll over that area again, as where there

nipesaukee. There are two widely used techniques used to catch lake trout throughout the season, trolling and vertical jigging. Trolling spoons close to the bottom is one of the more popular techniques used for most of the season, but come late-summer, vertical jigging is king. This is my favorite time and technique for them. Once surface waters warm into the 70s, lake trout head for deep water. Vertical jigging spoons varying from ½-ounce to 1.5-ounces in water over 100-feet deep is extremely effective in August and September, and some years the fish move into

Smallmouth bass are abundant in Winnipesaukee and normally run larger than in most smaller lakes and ponds. is one there is probably more. Lake Trout Lake trout are wild in Winni. There are no stocking efforts involved in maintaining the lake trout population in Lake Win-

deeper water as early as July. I wait all year for this. It’s a game of numbers, where me and my clients catch anywhere from 5 fish to 50 fish in a trip. Smallmouth Bass See MOORE on 27

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The author with a trophy lake trout. MOORE from 26 Smallmouth bass are extremely abundant in Lake Winnipesaukee and there is no closed season for them. They spawn in the spring and have a catch and release only season from May 15 to June 15. Smallmouth bass are targeted in shallow water early in the spring. Springtime lures include rubber worms and plastics that imitate crawfish rigged a number of ways fished in shallow water early and late in the day. As the waters warm, the fish move deeper, eventually settling in water as deep as 50-feet. Once summer sets in and water temperatures reach the upper 70s, most anglers target smallmouth using various bass jigs on deep water structure and drop offs. As September comes to a close, many bass anglers turn to blade

baits in deep water as a favorite technique until the weather more closely resembles winter. I personally target smallmouth bass until they move to deep water. This is usually when the lake trout

Black Crappie Black crappie can be found throughout the year, but there is only one time when I target them in Winnipesaukee, October. These fish are not widely found throughout the entire lake and there are nowhere near as many anglers who seek them out there. In October, the fish will school up and move to basins around 30-feet deep. They spend the entire fall there, feeding to prepare for the cold winter months when energy will be at a premium for them and other warmwater species. Vertical jigging a 1/8-ounce jig with a 2-inch soft plastic on it is my favorite method for catching these delicious tasting and numerous fish. If the numbers don’t get your attention, the size will. While I guide for these fish in my boat, they are the only species I guide for in kayaks on Winnipesaukee. Each year, my

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to figure it out with possibly limited time. If you’re visiting and wondering what sort of fishing the lake has to offer, this might help you in your quest. Either way, if you ask me, there’s no reason not to give it a try. Tim Moore is a fulltime professional

fishing guide in New Hampshire. He owns and operates Tim Moore Outdoors, LLC. He is a member of the New England Outdoors Writers Association and the producer of TMO Fishing on YouTube and the Hooked with TMO Fishing Podcast. Visit www.TimMooreOutdoors.com for more information.

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MONTAGUE from 28 to foodies, cigar aficionados, oenophiles and armchair travelers. The wine and the locale are highpoints for me, and the characters have a distinct allure. Be patient if you do not warm up to Antoine and Aix-EnProvence instantly. It took a bit for me to appreciate Antoine and after the first Verlaque and Bonnet mystery, Death at the Chateau Bremont, I did not pick up another book in the series for a year or two. When I did give Antoine and Marine another taste with Death in the Vines, I became quite fond of Antoine and delighted with the rest of the series. Finally, one more suggestion for your summer reading is Paula Munier’s Mercy Carr Mysteries. The

series is relatively new – only three entries so far - it is set next door in Vermont, and it has two smart, relatable protagonists and two skilled, genial dogs. Mercy Carr and Elvis, the Malinois, are a team, military police recently returned from Afghanistan suffering PTSD, and now in Vermont hoping to recover. Troy Warner is a Vermont Game Warden and with his Newfoundland rescue dog, Susie Bear, he covers the Vermont forests keeping humans, wildlife and the woodlands safe. In A Borrowing of Bones when Mercy and Elvis encounter a baby and a grave in the forest they team up with Troy and Susie Bear to solve the old mystery and to find the missing mother. If none of these recommendations pique you, I am confident

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SMITH from 9 the way for the stagecoach which became a means of travel for businessmen and personal use for a variety of reasons, including for the tourist who came to visit relatives or enjoy the beauty of the New Hampshire wilderness. Taverns were built to accommodate the visitors and toll-bridges were built to provide an easy way to cross

the rivers. Farmers could more easily take their goods to market in Boston or other cities and buy needed supplies for farm and home while there. One of the benefits of the turnpikes was that it opened the way for farmers from Vermont and New Hampshire to herd droves of cattle, hogs, sheep, and occasionally, horses, to markets in Massachusetts. These drives

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The early explorers of New Hampshire, like John Smith, might be classified as tourists because they came and looked, and sometimes mapped, but they didn’t stay. usually took place in the Fall of the year. One notable drive was one of five-hundred turkeys going from St. Johnsbury, Vermont to Lowell, Mass. A boy who was a helper in driving the turkeys, who took a little time to get accustomed to the procedure, discovered that by being in front and leading the way the turkeys would follow

him. One of the gobblers also took a leadership position and walked in the front of the flock, beside the boy. They were said to have proceeded at the rate of twentythree miles a day and to have reached their destination without the loss of a single turkey. Cattle drives were not invented in the western parts of the

country- some traveled New Hampshire turnpikes, before the tourists took over the roads. The early explorers of New Hampshire, like John Smith, might be classified as tourists because they came and looked, and sometimes mapped, but they didn’t stay. I find it interesting, also, that the turnpike builders didn’t al-

ways choose the easiest routes through the valleys. They seem to have chosen the shortest routes over the hills and up the mountains, opening the wilderness for those who came to stay, as well as those who came to look and enjoy the lakes and the mountains only to return from whence they came. That dance continues still. Two hundred years ago Ethan Crawford cut a path that climbers could use to reach the summit of Mount Washington. By 1861 the Mount Washington Summit Road made the top of the mountain accessible by carriage. In 1920 Mabel Hope Kingsbury wrote about the road to Mount Chocorua which she described as “The last turnpike charter granted in New England.” She wrote before the modern turnpike which helped move visitors to New Hampshire and residents from place to See SMITH on 31

— THE WEIRS TIMES SUMMER FUN GUIDE 2021 — SMITH from 30 place at a rapid pace. The road was called The Liberty Road and it went between the towns of Tamworth and Albany. It didn’t actually reach the summit of the mountain as a carriage road, but, according to Kingsbury, “The first part of the way is a carriage road at the termination of which is the Half Way House where toll is collected. It is a foot or bridle path from there to the Peak House, which is some little distance below the actual summit of the mountain.” Kingsbury wrote that she with some school girl friends, with her brothers and some other boys were some of the first to pay the toll to Mr. Liberty, the proprietor, and ascend the mountain. Mr. Liberty went part of the way with them with his accordion in that year of 1890. The Peak House wasn’t there then, but at the spot of its future location there was a three-sided six foot tall wall enclosure just big enough for their two tents. It was late afternoon when they reached that location, so they made a bonfire, ate their supper, and sat on the rocks and listened to Mr. Liberty tell them the

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ken. The boys returned safely, however, and the girls went to their tents and the boys to theirs; but with a board floor and no pillows or sleeping bags, and with little else for extra coverings, along with the excitement of the outing, there was but little sleep. The boys sang college and camp songs, followed by whistling. They were “whistling in perfect unison the tune of America, when suddenly Liberty burst in, and roared out that they were not doing it right, and he would show them how.” The accordion was brought

out and they had more music. Without sleep, but after having something to eat, the group climbed to the summit of Chocorua to see the sun rise. A Boston visitor who came to Exeter from

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Newburyport, but kept close to shore after that. He had a companion for part of his trip and made short stops at Gloucester and Plum Island, but he ate and slept in the canoe. It took him just forty-eight hours to travel the sixty miles from Boston to Portsmouth. By the time he reached Portsmouth Ladd’s hands were blistered so badly that he went from rowing to paddling the remaining twenty-eight miles up-river to Exeter.

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In 1906 it was proposed that the state legislature create a Bridge Commission whose purpose would be to make all the bridges by which people entered the state free of charge by eliminating the tolls. In the same year the railroads were a popular means for people to visit the Granite State and railway safety was a necessary consideration for the state and the railroad owners to

consider. The Boston and Maine Railroad required its engineers and conductors to observe total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. The railroad was reported to be sending out detectives armed with “kodacs” to take pictures of railroad men taking drinks in saloons and taking the pictures developed to the railroad authorities who would then inform the violators of their rules and to stop

the drinking or lose their jobs. In July two “small boys,” apparently young teens, were arrested at the Concord Boston and Maine Railroad Depot and charged with stealing a ride from Boston. Even the young Massachusetts residents were trying by whatever means they could, to get to New Hampshire, back then-as now. Some people prefer to vacation by the seashore or around the lakes, and by the early 1900’s the Lakes Region was busy promoting tourism, including the attractions associated with the big lake, Lake Winnipiseogee, now Winnipesaukee. The legislature appropriated funds to place signal lights on the big lake and D.B. Durgin was put in charge of their installation. Five lights were planned for the Weirs channel, and with the plans of the local electric company to extend its service to the Weirs it was probable that the channel lights would be electric ones. Other lights See SMITH on 33

— THE WEIRS TIMES SUMMER FUN GUIDE 2021 — SMITH from 32 were to be placed at Eagle Island, Horse Island, Witch Island, the passage between Bear and Mark Islands, the passage between Long and Sandy Islands, Barber’s Pole, Melvin Island, or Little Huckleberry, and at Mile Island. A local newspaper encouraged the people of Belknap and Carroll Counties to promote the summer tourist business which it declared “...is already bringing thousands of dollars into circulation among our merchants, farmers, and in fact, among almost everybody who has business or real estate interests around the lake.” It was noted that Lake Winnipesaukee was the “ only large and attractive lake in New England within a short distance of Boston, which means a quick and low fare,” and that to travel to Maine’s Sebago Lake from Boston took longer and cost more than the trip to New Hampshire’s Lakes Region. In an effort to make fishing in Winnipesaukee even more appealing to the fishermen Julius Wilson, president of the Belknap County Fish and Game

League in 1906, purchased 200,000 white perch to be stocked in the big lake. The white perch, which came here from New Jersey, were said to be larger and tastier than the common yellow perch. The white perch reportedly were easy to catch and the plan was to stock additional fish each year until they could be self-sustaining in the lake. Even with the variety of means of transportation available in 1906 it was sometimes a challenge for a person to get from here to there within the state. One day in May of 1906 Charles Kendall walked eight miles from his farm in Gilmanton to Laconia with the intention of taking a boat from that city to Wolfeboro. He found that there were no boats going to Wolfeboro, so he decided to check out the railroad, only to discover that he would have to go to Alton Bay, Rochester, Sanbornville, etc., which involved a lot of time. Kendall decided that he could make the journey quicker by foot, so he walked back to his home in Gilmanton, resolved

to walking to Wolfeboro the next day. Mr. Kendall was then 78 years old. Visitors to the Granite State come from all directions, including the west. On July 13, 1906, sixty motor cars, representing thirty-five different manufacturers, left Buffalo, New York on the way to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This was the Glidden Tour which was a competition of automobiles in hopes of winning the Glidden Cup trophy donated by Charles J. Glidden of Boston. The 1100 mile tour was sponsored by the American Automobile Association and went through New

York State to Quebec and the New England States, with the finish at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The winner of the cup was to be the “...person who can show the greatest achievement with the motor car in simple touring and not in racing or fast driving.” Two pilot cars were to start the tour and “distribute confetti along the route to guide the tourists on their journey.” There were forty-four checking stations along the route and a schedule was set for the time the cars were to reach each station. Each minute a car was behind schedule it was penalized one point. If

it was ahead of schedule it was penalized two points for each minute. There were other rules concerning what the drivers could and couldn’t do in this

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Birch tree across the Red Path. Ellen and I went to work with our 8 inch folding saws. around the blow down we felt like champions. Yeah, that was an effort and now look how nice the trail is again! About half way up we came upon a Birch tree, almost a foot in diameter. It was about waist high across the trail. It blocked the trail. It was difficult to go under or over and tough to get around. We discussed if we should call in someone

Map showing location of Mt. Katherine. with a bigger saw to get it another day. We pulled out our saws and the two of us went to work. We sawed and sawed. Then I jumped on it and it still wouldn’t break. We sawed and sawed more down from the top and more on the cut offset up from the bottom. Finally we heard it crack. We jumped back and WOOF! it was on the ground. The other end of the tree had rolled too and it rested on the ground. Now the tree is what we call an See PATENAUDE on 37

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and just toss sticks and whatever we could drag off the trail on our way to Mount Katherine. There were

a couple of trees that were duck-unders but they could wait for another day. We could see the

At the Tilton Spring backpackers were filtering water to drink. The Red, Tilton Spring and Pasture Paths all intersect at the spring. The pasture is now a forest and farm animals no longer drink from the rock lined spring.

church’s white steeple down below and Mount Chocorua was big in our sight. Mount Katherine is named for the founder of the WODC, Kate Sleeper. We finished off the last of our water and dashed down the trail. Oops! I led us in the wrong direction but luckily Ellen quickly pointed out I had missed the hiking trail. I think I would have figured it out but was sure glad one of us was paying attention because I was hungry. Have fun. Amy Patenaude is an avid skier/outdoor enthusiast from Henniker, N.H. Readers are welcome to send comments or suggestions to her at: amy@ weirs.com.

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