Tag: Sunapee
Sunapee is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,365 at the 2010 census. Sunapee is home to part of Lake Sunapee. The town includes the village of Georges Mills.
Like many other towns, this one went through name changes before its incorporation in 1781: “Saville” in 1768, “Corey’s Town”, and then “Wendell”, for one of the Masonian Proprietors, John Wendell. The marsh near Sunapee Middle High School still bears Wendell’s name. The name “Sunapee” was substituted for “Wendell” by the legislature in 1850. The town, Lake Sunapee and Mount Sunapee share the name which comes from the Algonquian Indian words “suna” meaning “goose”, and “apee”, meaning “lake”. The Indians called the area “Lake of the Wild Goose” because it is shaped like a goose, with the beak being in Sunapee Harbor.
Before Sunapee was a sizable tourist attraction, it was an industrial area. One factory produced 110 clothespins a minute. After the factories faded away, the major…
