Repaired Docks and Improved Beach in Alton Bay

Rattlesnake Gal · 07-17-2006, 11:53 PM

I think it will be nice to see this area revitalized!

Thanks for the update McD!

Mee-n-Mac · 07-18-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal

I think it will be nice to see this area revitalized!

Thanks for the update McD!

It will be nice to see the beach cleaned up but I have to protest. I say 45K on a beach for fish, it's just too much ! I mean they have the whole lake to swim and play in, do they really need a beach to lounge around on ? at taxpayers expense ?? Why don't they take up a collection from all the other fish and try to pay for it ? And that raises another question ... why is this beach just for perch !?!? Why not for bass and salmon and sunfish too ? I mean I'd think the sunfish would really appreciate it ! Why discriminate against those other fishys, doesn't NH had a bad enough reputation for this sort of thing already ? What's next, will we be taking fishes from the cold lake and blinding them ? I say stop the racism ... errr ... fishism ! I think the executive council should investigate the whole mater. Lastly are these perch properly, shall we say, "trained" ? I mean they're used to just pooping whenever, whereever they want. What happens when they're on the beach ? Whose going to clean up the mess ? Not to mention the smell. I'm not ...

what ... what are you saying ... it's not a beach for perch ? ... it's a perched beach ... oh well, that's completely different ...

Nevermind.

John A. Birdsall · 07-18-2006, 02:56 PM

I think it will be nice to have the beach repaired. However, that last big picture is an oldy. I believe the Legionairre is tied up at the gas pumps taking on fuel, and customers. Oh for the good ole days.

mcdude · 10-26-2006, 07:56 AM

Excerpt from Baysider

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Hoping that forces of nature will behave, the reconstruction of Alton Beach has been scheduled to begin Monday, Oct. 30, with a groundbreaking scheduled for this Saturday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m.

Beach reconstruction will begin with "Phase One," which will consist of a retaining wall being installed at the beach, was initially scheduled to begin in late fall of 2005, but unseasonably heavy rains and a correspondingly high level of Lake Winnipesuakee canceled that effort.

Dawn Wallace, member of the Beach Committee, and Bob Hamilton, of Hamilton Landscaping, hope that scenario doesn't recur this year.

Hamilton Landscaping, of New Durham, won the bid to install the two-foot high wall, which will run along the water's edge for about 300 feet, said Bob Hamilton. The wall will allow for a "perched beach," which will be more level than the beach that is there now.

Rattlesnake Gal · 10-26-2006, 11:58 AM

I hope someone has some before photos for later comparison.

upthesaukee · 10-28-2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal

I hope someone has some before photos for later comparison.

Here's a panorama of the beach and harmony park taken from the Pavillion. click on the picture to get the larger size.

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...what=allfields

and two pics from the east side

07-17-2006, 11:53 PM	#1
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	45k - Ouch! But... I think it will be nice to see this area revitalized! Thanks for the update McD!

07-18-2006, 02:56 PM	#3
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	beach aand view I think it will be nice to have the beach repaired. However, that last big picture is an oldy. I believe the Legionairre is tied up at the gas pumps taking on fuel, and customers. Oh for the good ole days.

10-26-2006, 11:58 AM	#5
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Before Photos I hope someone has some before photos for later comparison.