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Originally Posted by brk-lnt
I seem to recall reading/hearing that Paugus bay used to be lower than Winni, and the Army Core of Engineers dredged out what is now the Weirs Channel, which caused the water level in Paugus to rise (I think it was by like 5 feet).
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Actually what you might be thinking about is a time before the Lakeport Dam.
At that time The big lake was about 4-5 feet lower than today.
The water which is the subject of this thread was even lower. The water ran down hill in the Wiers channel. (Artifacts found indicate that the Natives used to catch chad in this spot, where the drive in is now)
When the Dam raised the level, I believe the channel was also dredged to allow traffic to pass.
In an unrelated event that never happened. At one time the Mills in Lowell Mass. were trying to purchase all of the land around the lake in order to raise the Lake an additional 20ish feet. The goal was to greatly enhance the ability to keep the mills turning during the summer. Think it was in the late 1800s. It was obviously unsuccessful. The region would be a far different place if this had happened. I wonder what that map would have looked like?
Last tidbit: The rock with the building around it at the Wiers Channel used to be the northern Massachusetts boarder. No really.