What's in a name?

[Dog's Ear]

Dog's Ear is the name of our camp on Whortleberry Island. If you look at a map you will see that the island is in the shape of a dog. You guessed it, our camp is right on the Dog's Ear. Although I was raised in CT, my Mom grew up in Laconia and my Dad in Alton Bay. I have been coming up here all my life. When I met my husband who grew up in Michigan I introduced him to the lake and he also fell in love with it. We always vacationed here when the kids were young and they also love it. Unfortunately, we were not able to purchase our camp until the kids were grown, but now we have three young grandchildren that will be enjoying it with us. This will be the first year we will be spending the whole summer on the island and we are really looking forward to it.....My favorite spot in the world! As a side note, my paternal grandfather had the opportunity to buy Governor's Island for $5,000. which back then was a lot of money. He has been gone a long time now but used to laugh and say "who the heck would spend that kind of money for an island with no bridge?" hmmmm.......

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