Northwood Lake is a water body located in Rockingham and Merrimack counties in central

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, United States, in the towns of Northwood and

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. The town of Deerfield occupies part of the southern shore. The outlet of the lake is the Little Suncook River, flowing west to the Suncook River, a tributary of the

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. The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including smallmouth and

largemouth bass The largemouth bass (''Micropterus nigricans'') is a carnivorous, freshwater fish, freshwater, ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern United States, eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada an ...

chain pickerel The chain pickerel (''Esox niger'') is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (biology), family (family Esocidae) of order (biology), order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel (''E. americanus'') belong to the ''Esox ...

, and brown bullhead, and white perch. Milfoil is present in the lake.

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Northwood Lake Watershed Association (NLWA)Pine Point Park
(formed 1964) Lakes of Merrimack County, New Hampshire Lakes of Rockingham County, New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-geo-stub

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