Lake Sunapee / Paul D. Rheingold ; foreword by Becky Fitts Rylander and Ron Garceau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rheingold, Paul D., 1933- Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Postcard history series.

Images of America

Postcard history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcards--New Hampshire--Sunapee Lake.

Postcards.

Sunapee Lake (N.H.)--History--Pictorial works.

Sunapee Lake (N.H.).

Sunapee Lake (N.H.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Lake Sunapee in southern New Hampshire is one of the gems of New England. It is 10 miles long, and at 1,100 feet in elevation, it is the highest large lake in the state. It is dominated at its southern end by the magnificent Mount Sunapee. The lakeshore has an unusually interesting history, traced here in postcard views, many from the start of the 20th century. They tell a story of large resort hotels, steamboat travel, and trains, all in the era before the automobile. The lake itself has been a major center of sailing, powerboating, water skiing, fishing, and swimming. Today, the large resorts are gone, and the shore is dominated by thousands of cottages along its 32 miles of waterfront. The towns on the lake as they were a century ago are also fully illustrated--Sunapee Harbor, Georges Mills, New London, Blodgett Landing, Newbury, and Burkehaven.

Contents:

The lake and its activities

The lake in its settings

The steamboat and railroad era

The grand hotel era

Sunapee Harbor and town

From Burkehaven to Georges Mills

Georges Mills

From New London through Blodgetts to the Fells

Newbury up to Fishers Bay

The automobile and the cottage era.

OCLC:

885208086