Squam Lake

Squam Lake is a lake located in central New Hampshire south of the White Mountains, straddling the borders of Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap Counties. The largest town on the lake is Holderness. The lake is located northwest of much larger Lake Winnepesaukee.

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Lake - New Hampshire - White Mountains - Grafton - Carroll - Belknap Counties - Holderness - Lake Winnepesaukee

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It drains via short canal into Little Squam Lake, and then a dam at the head of the short Squam River into the Pemigewasset at Ashland. Over 3,000 acres (12 km²) in size, the lake is maintained by the Squam Lake Association.

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Pemigewasset - Ashland

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Squam Lake was originally called Keeseenunknipee, which meant "the goose lake in the highlands". The white settlers that followed shortened the name to Casumpa, Kusumpy and/or Kesumpe around 1779. In the early 1800s, the lake was given another Abenaki name, Asquam, which means "water". Finally, in the early 1900s, Asquam was shortened to its present version, Squam.

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1779 - 1800s - Abenaki - 1900s

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The 1981 film On Golden Pond was filmed on Squam Lake.

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1981 - On Golden Pond

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