Holmes Lake is a Canadian

Canada

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 lake in Northumberland County

Northumberland County, New Brunswick

Northumberland County , having the largest area of any county in the province, is located in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.-Geography:Northumberland County is covered by thick forests, whose products stimulate the economy...

, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

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Holmes Lake is one of several large lakes forming the headwaters of the Little Southwest Miramichi River

Little Southwest Miramichi River

The Little Southwest Miramichi River is a Canadian river in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. In Mi'kmaq it is referred to as "Tooadook".....

. It was named in 1884 for the first lumberman who had worked the area

The lake was long the exclusive fishery of Sherman Pratt of Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney

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, the American aircraft engine manufacturer. Pratt leased the fishing rights on this lake and the headwaters of the Little Southwest Miramichi River

Little Southwest Miramichi River

The Little Southwest Miramichi River is a Canadian river in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. In Mi'kmaq it is referred to as "Tooadook".....

 from the provincial government. Pratt was kind enough to allow the Grenville Baker Boys Club (of Locust Valley, New York) use of the Pratt Camp as a summer camp for its members, approximately thirty boys each summer (first picture is the main camp building and adult quarters; picture three are the bunk houses; picture four is the cookhouse and dining hall). Holmes Lake is kidney shaped, and the Boys' Club camp was on one shore of the lake. On the "indent" of the kidney, facing in the same direction as the camp but not visible from the camp due to the heavy forestation, was the Pratt "lodge," which was rarely or never used while camp was in session. Facing the camp, on the visible side of the "indent," was the boathouse (pictures five and six). The camp may have also been used by hunters during hunting season. During the seventies, the property caretaker was Hubert Holmes.