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Originally Posted by znh
Can the State stop the flow out of the dam at all to let the lake come up? Has this ever happened?
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They can't stop the outflow completely, but on rare occasions the Lakeport Dam has been raised to use Lake Winnipesaukee as a storage area to prevent flooding downstream. Those are the times when we have a headway speed limit on the entire lake until the level can be brought down safely.
From a purely selfish point of view, I'd like to see full lake on August 1st instead of sometime in the spring. That hopefully would mean we get a full boating season through Columbus Day. I spoke to the state dam manager about this years ago. At the time, the DES concept was that boating ended on Labor Day. They have been doing a much better job of keeping us going in the fall over the last several years, but sometimes there aren't many choices.