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Originally Posted by Descant

Never mind build a dock on the broads.

I was too young to remember most names, but there was a member of Winter Harbor Yacht Club who had a Rattlesnake on the transom of his boat. I was told he was the owner of Rattlesnake Island. Was that Melanson? Or did he sell to Melanson? In the 50's the lake chart had a measured mile marked on Rattlesnake. There was a makeshift flagpole with a red flag at the summit.

I don't think Joe would have been a member of WHYC because he lived in Wolfeboro but he could have bought it from the guy you are thinking of. I don't know. The measured mile sounds familiar too, but like you, I was very young and not sure if I remember something like that or remember being told about it. My mom told me about how Joe would drive up in his big black car and tell her to get in, she was going to play with Bucky, his son.