Pearly Lake
Pearly Lake or Pearly Pond[1] is a 192-acre (0.8 km2) water body in the town of Rindge, Cheshire County, southwestern New Hampshire, United States.[2] Formerly known as Tarbell Pond,[3] named for Revolutionary War Minuteman Lieut. Samuel Tarbell (1744-1828) who settled here, the lake is one of the headwaters of Tarbell Brook, a tributary of the Millers River, which flows southwest to the Connecticut River at Millers Falls, Massachusetts.[4]
Pearly Lake | |
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Tarbell Pond | |
Pearly Lake Pearly Lake | |
Location | Cheshire County, New Hampshire |
Coordinates | 42°46′31″N 72°3′37″W |
Primary outflows | Tarbell Brook |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 1.4 mi (2.3 km) |
Max. width | 0.3 mi (0.48 km) |
Surface area | 191.5 acres (0.8 km2) |
Average depth | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
Max. depth | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Surface elevation | 1,007 feet (307 m) |
Settlements | Rindge |
The undergraduate campus of Franklin Pierce University is located on the northeast shore of the lake.
The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, bluegill, horned pout, American eel, and green sunfish.[5]
See also
- List of lakes in New Hampshire
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pearly Lake
- "GRANITview mapping system". NH GRANIT statewide GIS. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- View of Tarbell Pond c. 1870-1880; Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County
- Samuel Tarbell grave information
- "Pearly Lake, Rindge" (PDF). NH Fish & Game. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
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