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Originally Posted by chmeeee
"...If that had been put into place on Winni, you wouldn't live on Bear Island, Laconia would not be a tourist town, and none of us would be on here in the first place...."
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Oh, I think it'd be
plenty crowded.
The lake is too good a tourist-draw to have remained uncrowded: it's future likely to have been in State or Federal control.
The state would have put up lodges and provided buses for tours. All the surrounding towns would profit via their restaurants, touristy cabin-motels, video rentals, RV campsites and small-boat rentals. Summer camps for kids would be given special exemptions for zoning and taxes.
Existing lakeside and hillside residences from the time the park was established would be allowed to remain throughout the lives of the original owners, then bulldozed after a eminent domain purchase. (As is done now in many locales).
Mt. Washington boat tours would be booked for months in advance and private tourist boats—operated by retirees—would take those turned away.
The entire Lake Winnipesaukee Basin would have become a State or National Park. Forests would go to "Old Growth" and the surrounding hillsides restricted to woods with only selective cutting. There would have been official and private camping sites scattered about—with clearings for nature trails, overlooks, and educational exhibits. Even snowmobile access could have been limited—as in Yellowstone Park National Park recently.
To retain the quietude of Thoreau's time, to protect the shorelines, to keep the air pristine, to ensure tourists' safety, to protect loons, to continuously-project its alpine and native-American ambiance,
"On Golden Pond National Park" would prohibit the launching of "extreme boats" onto its waters.