Seeing Double
By Greg Carpenter Oddities are a part of human life, and the town of Charleston is not immune to them. Take the only lake found in town – Echo. (The other four waters – Charleston, Mud, Pensioner, and Toad are all categorized as ponds and not as lakes.) Just 138 miles from here lies a body of water with an identical lake name to the one here in East Charleston ...
A Few Good Fish Stories
By Greg Carpenter If you live near a body of water, you will undoubtedly hear a few fish stories. And like any body of water, Echo Lake has had a few good stories of its own. Take the 11-pounder Laker caught by W.E. Tripp in June of 1907 or the 12 1/2-pounder brought in by Emile Legere in 1963. And must we forget Austin Whitney’s 15 3⁄4-pound catch in the ...
Hello… Hello… Hello…..
by Greg Carpenter Have you ever wondered how Echo Lake got its name? Or Echo Pond, as it was officially called prior to 1982. It’s been written that James Whitelaw, a native of Scotland who came to America in 1773, is said to have been given credit for doing so. James, as a young man well trained in surveying before coming to the United States, bought land in Ryegate, VT, ...
An Anomaly
By Greg Carpenter This summer, I decided to stop by a yard sale taking place around the lake. As I scanned the items for sale, something unusual caught my eye. It was an old barn board framed lake map. The one body of water around our camp surprised me by being labeled Echo Pond- not Echo Lake. Thinking the map was pretty unique, I decided to purchase it and learn ...