Greens Basin

DesertDweller · 08-02-2017, 04:32 PM

I have a realtor friend who refers to your section of the lake as the "Squam Lake" section of Winnipesaukee.

phoenix · 08-02-2017, 07:08 PM

A few boats moor up on weekends to relax and swim.

Woody38 · 08-02-2017, 07:46 PM

Having grown up in Toledo, Ohio, Michigan is a stone throw away. Spent more time on Lake Erie fishing for perch. I didn't know much about the lakes in Michigan although I visited a few on camps. Also known for going to visit the fairer sex, especially nurses.

I am a retired workaholic and continuing aquaholic.

LFOD · 08-02-2017, 07:49 PM

Curious if Green family on Long Island (where Windemere & Land's End are today) are related to the family named after Green's Basin?

wifi · 08-02-2017, 08:17 PM

AAAhhh, good question, to the point. There was a Dr Gardner Greene, that was the one on Long Island, and Laconia (At the top of Parade Road), lots of history. I ended up with dealings with him and his family on real estate deals and own some of his previous properties. Back in the day, he owned lots of property in the area. Unfortunately, I don't know, personally, if he is the one involved in Green(e)'s basin. I'm certainly welcome for someone, personallyin the know, with a history lesson.

Sue Doe-Nym · 08-03-2017, 10:23 AM

My 1954 USGS topography map shows it as Greens Basin. Interesting that the plural for the name is used rather than the possessive spelling. Such a distinction between plural and possessive is rarely seen today.

camp guy · 08-03-2017, 11:34 AM

In April of 2001, there was an article in the Manchester Union Leader discussing the effort by the Lakes Region Conservation Trust to raise money to purchase the island at the inner-most end of Greens Basin, then called Blanchard Island. In the article, the reporter, Carol Carter, mentions a Rev. Frank E. Greene, a resident of Moultonborough Neck, still living in a cottage built by his uncle in 1908. From this cottage Greene remembers seeing boys from Camp Wyanoke in Wolfeboro using the island for overnight camping. My family owned and operated Camp Wyanoke and we owned the island, too, then named by us as "Wyanisle" (a conjunction of Wyanoke & island).

My purpose for writing this is to show that the name "Greene" has been associated with that part of the Lake for a long, long time. Although this may not definitively name the basin as Greene's Basin, it does add light to the subject.

fatlazyless · 08-03-2017, 12:33 PM

www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/191901 ..... 99-years! ....how the heck did he do that? ...... 99 is extremely old for a man!.... wonder if he drank the water straight out of the lake, or did the lug-a-jug routine with drinkable/cookable water from the store or the town? And, did he use a row boat, or a motor boat to get back and forth from mainland to island? Maybe he swam the distance???

camp guy · 08-03-2017, 01:29 PM

Thanks, FLL, for the update. The Forum can always be counted on for good information.

Biggd · 08-03-2017, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/191901 ..... 99-years! ....how the heck did he do that? ...... 99 is extremely old for a man!.... wonder if he drank the water straight out of the lake, or did the lug-a-jug routine with drinkable/cookable water from the store or the town? And, did he use a row boat, or a motor boat to get back and forth from mainland to island? Maybe he swam the distance???

I'll bet he didn't eat at McDonalds.

08-02-2017, 07:08 PM	#2
phoenix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: phoenix and moultonboro Posts: 1,557 Thanks: 61 Thanked 276 Times in 194 Posts	A few boats moor up on weekends to relax and swim. __________________ it's tough to make predictions specially about the future

08-03-2017, 10:23 AM	#6
Sue Doe-Nym Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,435 Thanks: 751 Thanked 792 Times in 415 Posts	Greens Basin My 1954 USGS topography map shows it as Greens Basin. Interesting that the plural for the name is used rather than the possessive spelling. Such a distinction between plural and possessive is rarely seen today.

08-03-2017, 11:34 AM	#7
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,193 Thanks: 302 Thanked 528 Times in 295 Posts	Greens Basin In April of 2001, there was an article in the Manchester Union Leader discussing the effort by the Lakes Region Conservation Trust to raise money to purchase the island at the inner-most end of Greens Basin, then called Blanchard Island. In the article, the reporter, Carol Carter, mentions a Rev. Frank E. Greene, a resident of Moultonborough Neck, still living in a cottage built by his uncle in 1908. From this cottage Greene remembers seeing boys from Camp Wyanoke in Wolfeboro using the island for overnight camping. My family owned and operated Camp Wyanoke and we owned the island, too, then named by us as "Wyanisle" (a conjunction of Wyanoke & island). My purpose for writing this is to show that the name "Greene" has been associated with that part of the Lake for a long, long time. Although this may not definitively name the basin as Greene's Basin, it does add light to the subject.

08-03-2017, 12:33 PM	#8
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,787 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,022 Times in 744 Posts	www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/191901 ..... 99-years! ....how the heck did he do that? ...... 99 is extremely old for a man!.... wonder if he drank the water straight out of the lake, or did the lug-a-jug routine with drinkable/cookable water from the store or the town? And, did he use a row boat, or a motor boat to get back and forth from mainland to island? Maybe he swam the distance??? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

08-03-2017, 01:29 PM	#9
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,193 Thanks: 302 Thanked 528 Times in 295 Posts	Greens Basin Thanks, FLL, for the update. The Forum can always be counted on for good information.

08-02-2017, 04:32 PM	#1
DesertDweller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV and Moultonborough, NH Posts: 384 Thanks: 26 Thanked 88 Times in 74 Posts	I have a realtor friend who refers to your section of the lake as the "Squam Lake" section of Winnipesaukee.

08-02-2017, 07:46 PM	#3
Woody38 Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 578 Thanks: 46 Thanked 110 Times in 81 Posts	Having grown up in Toledo, Ohio, Michigan is a stone throw away. Spent more time on Lake Erie fishing for perch. I didn't know much about the lakes in Michigan although I visited a few on camps. Also known for going to visit the fairer sex, especially nurses. I am a retired workaholic and continuing aquaholic.

08-02-2017, 07:49 PM	#4
LFOD Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 36 Thanks: 32 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Curious if Green family on Long Island (where Windemere & Land's End are today) are related to the family named after Green's Basin?

08-02-2017, 08:17 PM	#5
wifi Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 1,321 Thanks: 282 Thanked 287 Times in 169 Posts	AAAhhh, good question, to the point. There was a Dr Gardner Greene, that was the one on Long Island, and Laconia (At the top of Parade Road), lots of history. I ended up with dealings with him and his family on real estate deals and own some of his previous properties. Back in the day, he owned lots of property in the area. Unfortunately, I don't know, personally, if he is the one involved in Green(e)'s basin. I'm certainly welcome for someone, personallyin the know, with a history lesson.