An unusual land sale that involved much of the frontage around one of New Hampshire’s most pristine small lakes has produced an unusual result: On the Boscawen side of Walker Pond almost the entire shorefront has been preserved from development for.
Walker Pond land sold to town for conservation >MacNeill Matthews and her father, Paul Matthews, go fishing on Walker Pond in this photo from “years ago” taken from the cover the Boscawen-Penacook Water Precinct annual report. Courtesy Boscawen-Penacook Water Precinct
Published: 7/1/2021 4:57:10 PM
The Boscawen side of Walker Pond, a former source of drinking water owned by the local water district, has been preserved from development. What happens on the Webster side of the pond remains to be seen.
The land around the 200-acre pond has been owned for decades by the Penacook-Boscawen Water Precinct, which now provides water from wells to about 1,100 customers, mostly residential, in Boscawen and Penacook. On Wednesday night, the precinct voted unanimously to sell the two parcels in Boscawen, totaling about 65 acres, to the town for $90,000. The purchase, made with conservation commission funds, had previously been approved by the Boscawen select board.