Purgatory Post commemorates Chocorua

New Hampshire’s Purgatory Post earlier this month continued its series of stamps commemorating the steamships of Lake Winnipesaukee with the release of a new stamp picturing the Chocorua. The 3-sola design in green and black was issued September 13, 2022.

The ship, originally christened the Dover, made its first voyage on August 18, 1852, but within a few years the vessel was being outpaced by the Lady of the Lake.¹ Dover’s owners rebuilt their steamship, lengthening it and renaming it Chocorua, a name shared by a local mountain and originally a native chief.²

Chocorua continued operating until it was replaced by the faster Mount Washington in 1872, and three years later, Chocorua was dismantled.³

References

1. Steamship Chocorua. Weirs Beach. Accessed 22 Aug. 2022.
2. Ruell, David. Lady of the Lake - a Real Beauty on the Water. Foster’s Daily Democrat. 1 July 2007. Accessed 22 Aug. 2022.
3. Steamboats. Lake Winnipesaukee Museum. Accessed 22 Aug. 2022.

Published 2022-09-22