Contoocook Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Cheshire County, New Hampshire}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox lake | name = Contoocook Lake | image = Contoocook Lake, Jaffrey NH.jpg | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire]] | coords = {{Coord|42|47|12|N|72|0|45|W|type:waterbody_region:US|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = | outflow = [[Contoocook River]] | catchment = | basin_countries = United States | length = {{Convert|2.8|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} | width = {{Convert|0.5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} | area = {{Convert|344|acre|km2|1|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|7|ft|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{convert|23|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|1007|ft}} | islands = | cities = [[Rindge, New Hampshire|Rindge]]; [[Jaffrey, New Hampshire|Jaffrey]]  | pushpin_map = New Hampshire#USA | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Contoocook Lake in New Hampshire, USA. | pushpin_map_caption =  | website = | reference = }} '''Contoocook Lake''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Contoocook_pronunciation.wav|k|ə|n|'|t|ʊ|k|ə|k|}}) is a {{Convert|344|acre|km2|1|sing=on}}<ref name=NHFG/> water body located in [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire|Cheshire County]] in southwestern [[New Hampshire]], United States, in the towns of [[Jaffrey, New Hampshire|Jaffrey]] and [[Rindge, New Hampshire|Rindge]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://granitview.unh.edu| title=GRANITview mapping system| publisher=NH GRANIT statewide GIS| access-date=January 7, 2013}}</ref> The lake, along with Pool Pond, forms the headwaters of the [[Contoocook River]], which flows north to the [[Merrimack River]] in [[Penacook, New Hampshire]].

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including [[largemouth bass]], [[smallmouth bass]], [[white perch]], [[yellow perch]], [[black crappie]], [[bluegill]], [[pumpkinseed]], [[chain pickerel]], and [[brown bullhead]].<ref name=NHFG>{{Cite web| url=https://nhfg.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/1435ccdc525d42888fcfdad8baa23253/data| title=Contoocook Lake, Jaffrey, Rindge| publisher=NH Fish & Game| access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|New Hampshire}} *[[List of lakes in New Hampshire]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Lakes of Cheshire County, New Hampshire]] [[Category:Jaffrey, New Hampshire]] [[Category:Rindge, New Hampshire]] [[Category:New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin]]