Lake Wentworth

Lake Wentworth
Lake Wentworth from west end near Fernalds Basin, Wolfeboro, NH
Location	Carroll County, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°35′50″N 71°9′36″W / 43.59722°N 71.16000°W / 43.59722; -71.16000Coordinates: 43°35′50″N 71°9′36″W / 43.59722°N 71.16000°W / 43.59722; -71.16000
Type	Glacial
Primary inflows	9 named brooks
Primary outflows	Smith River to Crescent Lake
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	3.9 mi (6.3 km)
Max. width	2.2 mi (3.5 km)
Surface area	3,097 acres (12.53 km2)
Average depth	25 feet (7.6 m)
Max. depth	80 feet (24 m) at Fullers Deep
Shore length1	20 miles (32 km)
Surface elevation	534 ft (163 m)
Islands	18
Settlements	Wolfeboro
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Wentworth is located in Carroll County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Wolfeboro. At 3,097 acres (12.53 km²), it is the seventh-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire. Water from Lake Wentworth flows through the short Smith River into Crescent Lake and then over the dam into Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro. The 50-acre Wentworth State Park offers public access to the lake.

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including rainbow trout, smallmouth and largemouth bass, chain pickerel, horned pout, and white perch.

There are at least 18 named islands in the lake: Stamp Act Island (the largest at 106 acres (43 ha)), Bass Island, Cate Island, Mink Island, Goose Island, East and West Jockey Cap Islands, Triggs Island, Turtle Island, Fanny Island, Brummet Island, and a group known as the Seven Sisters Islands: Sister Island, Poplar Island, Loon Island, Flo Island, Wal Island, Min Island, and Joe Island. There are numerous additional ledges, rocks, and islets in the lake.

The seventh largest of the islands, its name comes from the most dominant fish in the lake. Its original name was Goss Island, named after its original owner, Walter Goss. There is now one house on the island. The island is connected to Stamp Act Island through an underwater reef.

One of the smallest islands ever to be inhabited, but now the island does not have any house on it. The island was originally inhabited by Henry D. Brewster, and was originally called Townsend's Islands, named after the shore to which it is the closest.

Named after the Cate family, who owned a piece of Stamp Act Island. The island has been called in the past Thaddeus Island and Murray's Island. The earliest owners of the island were C.A. Senter, I.P. Whitehouse, and J.E. Murray; one of them built the camp that burned down in a fire in 1929. The fire was apparently caused by a bolt of lightning which could be clearly seen from Turtle Island at the time.

Two uninhabited islands close to the shore. Fanny Island is off Kimball Shore, and Goose Island is off Hodge Shore.