Pearly Lake

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Pearly Lake
Location Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Coordinates 42°46′31″N 72°3′37″W / 42.77528°N 72.06028°W / 42.77528; -72.06028Coordinates: 42°46′31″N 72°3′37″W / 42.77528°N 72.06028°W / 42.77528; -72.06028
Primary outflows Tarbell Brook
Basin countries United States
Max. length 1.4 mi (2.3 km)
Max. width 0.3 mi (0.48 km)
Surface area 191.5 acres (0.8 km2)
Surface elevation 1,007 feet (307 m)
Settlements Rindge, New Hampshire

Pearly Lake or Pearly Pond[1] is a 192-acre (0.8 km2) water body in the town of Rindge, Cheshire County, southwestern New Hampshire, United States.[2] Formerly known as Tarbell Pond, [3] named for Revolutionary War Minuteman Lieut. Samuel Tarbell (1744-1828) who settled here, the lake is one of the headwaters of Tarbell Brook, a tributary of the Millers River, which flows southwest to the Connecticut River at Millers Falls, Massachusetts. [4]

The undergraduate campus of Franklin Pierce University is located on the northeast shore of the lake.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pearly Lake
  2. ↑ "GRANITview mapping system". NH GRANIT statewide GIS. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  3. ↑ View of Tarbell Pond c. 1870-1880; Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County
  4. ↑ Samuel Tarbell grave information
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