ANNUAL BOATING EDITION
ANTIQUE BOATS
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As I walked through the cavernous boathouse protecting
the family heirlooms, I entered the world of antique
wooden boating. Before me appeared a 1926 Dodge Watercar
called The Whippet, two triple-cockpit 1930s Dodge boats
called The Ranger and The Cheetah, and a 1960 Century Resorter
called The Caroline.
Yes, this was loon-populated “On Golden Pond’’ country
— the movie was shot on Squam Lake next door — and even
the boats look like the ones in the film.
ICE AGE BEGINNINGS
Cow Island is one of the 253 islands on Lake Winnipesaukee,
the largest lake in New Hampshire. Some 21 miles long
and 9 miles wide at its broadest point, the lake was formed by
glaciers during one of the ice ages and is 212 feet at its deepest.
Long a summer tourist destination for people escaping
the summer heat of Boston and New York, Winnipesaukee is
home to Wolfeboro, which bills itself as “the oldest summer
resort in America.”
Cow Island is 519 acres of granite, hemlocks, birches and
Gus’ Lodge,
below, originated
as a small house
and was later
expanded to
include
three boathouse
sun decks and
three cabins in
the woods, which
are behind the
boathouse. At
left, The Whippet
flag bears the first
initial of the family
name, Mazzocca.
Wild blueberries are abundant on Cow Island.