Echo Lake (Franconia Notch)
Echo Lake lies in Franconia Notch State Park. The park's Cannon Mountain ski slopes rise directly to the southwest of the lake. Interstate 93 (the Franconia Notch Parkway) runs along the lake's eastern shore, and New Hampshire Route 18 passes the lake's northern shore, where a state park swimming beach is located. Artists Bluff, a hill with open ledges, rises north of the lake and provides views south over the lake into the center of Franconia Notch.
The lake is classified as a coldwater fishery, with observed species including brook trout.
Echo Lake is called Drown Pond in a 1796 map and was listed as 25 acres, located in the 12th lots in the 8th and 9th ranges in Franconia. A deed to Moses Howland from Alexander Jesseman in 1866 refer to the junction of the Gale River and Pond Brook.
See also
- List of lakes in New Hampshire
- Profile Lake
- Profile House, a grand hotel whose guests boated on the lake
References
- ^ New Hampshire GRANIT database Archived August 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Echo Lake, Franconia" (PDF). NH Fish & Game. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ^ Welsh, Sarah (1972). History of Franconia 1792-. Littleton NH: Courier Printing Co. p. Inside cover.
- ^ "Book296, Page 268". Grafton County (NH) Registry of Deeds. Retrieved December 20, 2002.