Located in the foothills of the White Mountains, Squam Lake was not discovered by English settlers until the mid-1700s.
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These people called the waters Kees-ee-hunk-nip-ee, meaning "goose Lake in the highlands" (later shortened to Kusumpy or Casumpa) and also Asquam, meaning "water." The latter name was eventually shortened to become Squam Lake.
However, the Lake area had long been inhabited by the Abenaki Nation of the Algonquin Federation.
Located in the foothills of the White Mountains, Squam Lake was not discovered by English settlers until the mid-1700s