Mendum's Pond

Mendums Pond
Location	Strafford / Rockingham counties, New Hampshire, USA
Coordinates	43°10′24″N 71°3′51″W / 43.17333°N 71.06417°W / 43.17333; -71.06417Coordinates: 43°10′24″N 71°3′51″W / 43.17333°N 71.06417°W / 43.17333; -71.06417
Lake type	glacial lake
Primary outflows	Little River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	1.3 miles (2.1 km)
Max. width	0.5 miles (0.80 km)
Surface area	253 acres (1.02 km2)
Max. depth	45 ft (14 m)
Surface elevation	225 feet (69 m)
Islands	7
Settlements	Barrington

Mendum's Pond is a 253-acre (1.02 km²) water body located primarily in Strafford County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Barrington. Its extreme southern end dips into the town of Nottingham in Rockingham County. The pond is located on the Little River, a tributary of the Lamprey River and part of the larger Piscataqua River watershed.

Together with Pawtuckaway Pond, Mendum's Pond was once a reservoir for the Newmarket Manufacturing Company, a water powered cotton textile manufacturer founded in 1822. During drought, a regulated flow would be released from the dam to run mills downriver in Newmarket.

The University of New Hampshire owns 187.6 acres (0.8 km²) of forestland on Mendum's Pond. Arthur W. McDaniel donated a small parcel to the college in 1930, then the remainder in 1970. Located at the shoreline is the UNH Sailing Club, which holds intra-collegiate races, with the rest of the property divided into areas for recreation, wildlife and timber harvesting.

References

• History of the Lamprey River Mills

External links

• Mendum's Pond, University of New Hampshire
• UNH Sailing Club & Team