Governor’s Island
“Governor Estates” – Governor’s Island brochure, 1928. This marked the beginning of the island’s subdivision into building lots. The Stilson Hutchins mansion, which had been the only house on the island from 1885 until the 1928 development, burned down on August 1, 1935.
A view of the Belknap Mountains from Governor’s Island around the same time as the brochure. There is almost no development seen in the view.
The Belknap Mountains from Governor’s Island, The Weirs
A 1977 aerial photo of Governor’s Island. The view is northwest towards Weirs and Meredith bays.
Article about Governor’s Island from “Ripples around the Lake”, a weekly magazine published during the summer of 2019.
“The bridge leading to Governor’s Island was built in 1820, and mainly by the owners of the island. Its support being expensive, they asked the town’s support of it, and the town at length assumed it. It was built by sinking a structure of logs in square sections and filled with stone, the greatest depth being about twenty-five feet, and there is left an open pass-way, not in the deepeest part of the channel, of some fifteen feet width, through which row-boats, if small, may pass. The filling of stone on each side of the bridge renders it enduring aginst the action of the waves.”
Reverend J.P. Watson, in his “History of Gilford” chapter, from the “History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties”, pg 754.
The Summit Avenue bridge to Governor’s Island (062/077) spans the Laconia-Gilford line. The current bridge dates to 1981 with repairs in 2020.