[mcdude]

Lakeport Dam (no date)

Before man dammed the falls at Lakeport over a 150 years ago, the level was more than three to five feet below the present. Prior to 1832 the Weirs channel was ' a shallow way, and a short "river", before the advent of down stream damming,. of about a three foot drop over a possible width of 150 feet, until the 1803 bridge was built.

from a post from Rattlesnake Gal
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...tory+lake+size