Piscataquog

Goffstown(Sunshines Little River)

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August 27, 2020

Trip Report

ReporterScott Mabel

Some history of the river and dam: https://www.wmur.com/article/fritz-wetherbee-gregg-dam-in-goffstown/9564402?fbclid=IwAR35KEXuS-g2oJhN1ATPnRPKQMzzhuqhUBoLK6bQ1ITeJ6Ar3ox-IqfhVcA

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Some Highlights:
\\ Leslie Gregg first built a dam as part of a mill in 1802. It was swept away in a flood in 1820.
\\ The current Gregg's Dam was first built in 1918. It was decommissioned in the 1970's, and then recommissioned in 1985.
\\ Dam is 60' High, and 1360' wide.
\\ Piscataquog is Algonquian for Great Deer Place