North End of Lake Dunmore
LocationThis panorama was taken from the more northern and higher of the two Rattlesnake Point overlooks. The elevation is about 1550 feet, or almost 1000 feet higher than the lake. The view is to the southwest across Salisbury and Leicester. LandscapeThere are some very large fish in Lake Dunmore, and anglers seek many species, including rainbow trout, lake trout, landlocked salmon, northern pike and largemouth bass. There is a program of regular stocking, and 2775 hatchery fish were released into the lake in October 2008 and April 2009. These included lake trout, rainbow trout, and salmon between 7 and 21 inches long. Some of the stocked fish might have come from the Salisbury Fish Culture Station operated by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. This is a brood stock station, producing approximately nine million trout eggs annually for the other state facilities. GigaPanThis panorama is made from 520 images taken on August 1, 2009. It covers a field of view of 131 degrees, and includes 2.0 billion pixels (1992 MP). |
What to look for
History (glass factory)For half of the years between 1813 and 1839, a glass factory operated on the shore of Lake Dunmore near the present site of Camp Songadeewin (second snapshot). It made window glass and was the first, and for a while the only, supplier of glass in Vermont. The abundant sand of the lake's ancient deltaic deposits had drawn the industry here, but the iron-rich sand made greenish window panes, so whiter sand from Pittsford was shipped 15 miles to the factory. There are many extant artifacts from this early industry, including blue and green glass frits found along the lakeshore, original windowpanes in old Salisbury homes, singular and priceless glassware pieces, and more than 200 extant company bank notes (one on ebay in November 2009 for $89+). |