Profile Lake is a 13-acre (53,000 m2) water body located in Franconia Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, at the foot of Cannon Mountain.[1] The lake was given its name due to its location directly beneath the Old Man of the Mountain, a famous rock formation which collapsed in 2003. The lake is near the height of land in Franconia Notch; the lake's outlet is the Pemigewasset River, which flows south to the Merrimack River and ultimately the Gulf of Maine (Atlantic Ocean) at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The lake is classified as a coldwater fishery, with observed species including brook trout. Only fly fishing is allowed at Profile Lake.[2]
See also
- List of lakes in New Hampshire
- Profile House, grand hotel that was in the area until it burned and the property was made into the Franconia Notch State Park
- Echo Lake (New Hampshire)
References
- ^ New Hampshire GRANIT database Archived 2013-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Profile Lake, Franconia" (PDF). NH Fish & Game. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
by Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon