Lopstick.com Cabins at Lopstick in New Hampshires Great North Woods
About Lopstick.com
Great cabins, a spectacular view, and warm northern hospitality! Located in New Hampshire's Great North Woods, we offer cozy, housekeeping cabins with a spectacular view of First Connecticut Lake and it's surrounding mountains. Each uniquely different, individual cabin has a fully equipped kitchen, one, two and three bedrooms, satellite television, outdoor grill and private porches with great views. In the late 1920's, outdoorsman and guide "Long Tom" Currier, built two cabins and opened for business as the Currier Camps, serving meals in the lodge and offering guide service. The Currier Camps are still listed as a landmark on many local maps.
Dick Eastman was next in line as proprietor. The camp served meals and hosted many outdoors lovers.
Stewart Young, for whom our road is named, was the next proprietor/guide to own the property. It is believed he is the one who named the lodge and cabins "Lakeview". He also built and rebuilt the six cabins by the office.
Ed and Rhea Ponzek of Chicopee, MA were the next owners. They had "Lakeview" for a number of years. Ed was famous for his "Kook Book", a collection of jokes and sayings he had heard over the years.
Nicky and Ron Clermont of "Nicky's Country Kitchen" were the next owners. Nicky is still well known for her wonderful food and sticky buns! In 1985 Ron and Nicky sold to Dennis and Elaine McDermott of RI.
Dennis and Elaine changed the name to Lopstick and made many structural improvements. They opened the cabins in the winter to snowmobilers, installed an artesian well, updated the septics, deepened the pond, and built cabins Fish Tales and Bunk House. Then Memorial Day weekend in 1988, they won $3.7 million in the Tri-State Megabucks. They soon decided retirement was a better way of life! They were the last owners to serve meals here.
Melody and Chuck Sage owned the lodge for a brief time. Before owning the lodge, they owned what is now our "Guest House".
In May of 1991, Lisa and Tim Savard began living the dream of making our home here in the Great North Woods of New Hampshire. In 1995, they began offering guide service for fly fishing and bird hunting, carrying on the tradition of the proprietor/guides.
In 1997, they added a Jacuzzi in the Guest House and bought their first driftboat. In 1998 they opened the fly shop offering anglers a place to shop for tackle and get fishing advice. In 1999 they began renting Ski Doo snowmobiles and renovated Gray Jay. 2000 saw the renovated Whitetail in the spring and then in August they built Morning View and Trails End. Truly elegant north country accommodations! In May of 2001 they began renting the Kiley Cabin to summer vacationers and later purchased the cabin from the Kiley family in 2005. Also in 2001 due to a faulty foundation, the Guest House was torn down and rebuilt it; opening again on 12/27/01. Three weeks later, 'Eastwind' on Perry Stream was added. In March of 2002 they gutted Moose and re-opened the beautiful cozy cabin on June 7th. In October 2002, Lakeview opened it's door to vacationers. For Christmas 2002, Woodside and Starlight Cove hosts it's first guests.
In 2003, Riffles opened in May and in August, they leveled the aging Osprey Cabin and built a lovely one bedroom cabin with fireplace and Jacuzzi. It is their first cabin with radiant heat; it will not be the last.
The big endeavor in 2003 was to purchase Magalloway Cabins. If that wasn't enough they also installed new septics for front row of Lopstick Cabins and started the new owners home. In the spring of 2004, we expanded our office and fly shop to accommodate our expanding business and later that fall we added Hillside and Loon Call and moved into our new home just days before bird hunting season. In 2005 we added RiverEdge and Overlook and renovated Kiley's making it open year round. 2006 we added Edgewater and Otter Landing. Then in 2007 we opened The Camp. 2008 was the year of log-siding on the Magalloway Cabins 1-6 along with all new doors and windows. Also in '08 we opened Kingfisher on the river, great spot! We bought a new driftboat and purchased the 'Montana Rock Creek Cabin' near Missoula MT; out first vacation rental in the northern Rockies (Lopstick West!?!) In 2009 we opened Deer Meadow and in June hosted the film crew of the movie Yellowbrickroad; shot in Pittsburg and surrounding towns.
What is a Lopstick???
It's a Canadian term for a fir tree denuded of the lower branches, and having the top ones cut to point the way in several directions.
