Broad Bay (New Hampshire)
Broad Bay | ||
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Primary inflows Ossipee Lake | | |
Primary outflows | Ossipee River | |
Basin countries | United States | |
Max. length | 2.1 mi (3.4 km) | |
Max. width | 0.6 mi (0.97 km) | |
Surface area | 464 acres (1.88 km2) | |
Average depth | 27 ft (8.2 m) | |
Max. depth | 73 ft (22 m) | |
Surface elevation | 407 ft (124 m) | |
Islands | 1 | |
Settlements | Freedom; Ossipee |
Broad Bay is a 431-acre (1.74 km2)freshwater lake located in Carroll County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the towns of Freedom and Ossipee. Broad Bay is part of a chain of four lakes with identical water levels, due to a dam located downstream in Effingham Falls. Upstream, a channel connects Broad Bay to Ossipee Lake, while a channel leads downstream through Leavitt Bay and Berry Bay to the start of the Ossipee River, which flows east into Maine and the Saco River.
Broad Bay is classified as a cold- and warmwater fishery, with observed species including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, lake trout, landlocked salmon, chain pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, sunfish, and brown bullhead.[1]
See also
- List of lakes in New Hampshire
References
- ^ a b "Broad Bay, Ossipee, Freedom" (PDF). NH Fish & Game. Retrieved August 6, 2014.