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| Crystal Lake Beach |
Location: Off Bodwell and Corning Roads in south Manchester
Other Names: Once known as Skenker's Pond, then Mosquito Pond
Type of Waterbody: Natural pond
Inlet/Outlet: No inlet. The outlet, Mosquito Brook, flows into the Great Cohas Swamp/Cohas Brook, then into Pine Island Pond, and eventually empties into the Merrimack River
Watershed Area: 200.07 acres (81 hectares)
Waterbody Size: 18.67 acres (7.5 hectares)
Volume of Water: 217,000 m3
Average Water Depth: 9.5 feet (2.9 meters)
Maximum Water Depth: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
Shoreline Length: 3,068 feet (1,100 meters)
Elevation: 206 feet
Flushing Rate: 1.8 times/year
Uses: Swimming, boating, fishing
Amenities: Public swimming beach and bathing facility
Local Legend: "The Hermit of Mosquito Pond", Charles Alan Lambert, who lived self-sufficiently in seclusion at Crystal Lake for over 60 years in the late 1800's and early 1900's
Lake Asoociation: Crystal Lake Preservation Association (CLPA)
Water Quality Reports & Graphs:
Water quality monitoring information
NH DES VLAP Reports: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Water Quality Data Graphs
Restoration Projects:
Pond Project Prioritization Report
Fact Sheets:
Crystal Lake Facts
History of Crystal Lake
Common Exotic Plants of Crystal Lake
Common Fish at Crystal Lake
Sampling Station Map:
Crystal Lake
Bathymetric Depth Maps:
Crystal Lake
Vegetation Inventory
Crystal Lake Vegetation Inventory
Studies:
Fish Tissue Analysis
Crystal Lake Largemouth bass contained small amounts of chromium, copper, manganese, selenium, zinc and mercury. None of these metals were found in high enough concentrations to constitute a health risk to humans. A constituent of the pesticide DDT (p,p’-DDE) was also found in the Crystal Lake fish samples. This is very common in the environment and does not represent a risk to humans. No other contaminants of note were found above detectable limits.
Sediment Sample Analysis
Crystal Lake sediment core samples showed no pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)(byproducts of fossil fuel comsumption) above detectable limits and no metals of noteworthy levels. |
