Wender·Vista
Fourth Connecticut Lake source pond
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
on the Canadian line at the top of New Hampshire

Fourth Connecticut Lake source pond

— — where a river the length of a state begins as a puddle.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A two-acre pond at 2,670 feet, right on the boundary monument between Pittsburg, New Hampshire, and Chartierville, Quebec. The Connecticut River begins here, then runs 410 miles to Long Island Sound. To reach the pond, hikers park at the U.S. Customs station and walk three-quarters of a mile up a Nature Conservancy trail along the border swath. The water sits in spruce and fir, mostly bog. from the studio

from the studio
Fourth Connecticut Lake source pond
— bring it home

Fourth Connecticut Lake source pond, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Fourth Connecticut Lake source pond

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Fourth Connecticut Lake is a small bog pond of about two acres at an elevation of 2,670 feet on the U.S.-Canada border in Pittsburg, New Hampshire. It is the highest and northernmost of the four Connecticut Lakes and the recognised source of the Connecticut River, which then flows about 410 miles to Long Island Sound. The pond and seventy-eight surrounding acres are owned by the Nature Conservancy and managed as a preserve. Access is by a short trail that begins at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection station on U.S. Route 3.

— the silence

The pond sits in a basin of red spruce, balsam fir, and northern hardwood, mostly ringed by floating sphagnum. The trail to it climbs alongside the international boundary swath, a six-metre cleared corridor maintained by the International Boundary Commission since 1908. The preserve sees a few thousand visitors a year, almost all on day trips from the Connecticut Lakes lodges below. Beyond the pond there is no road, no shelter, and no cell coverage. The wind in the spruce is the loudest sound on most days.

— the water

The Connecticut River is the longest river in New England, running about 410 miles from this pond to Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The outlet from Fourth Lake is a small stream that drops about two hundred feet through bog and forest into Third Connecticut Lake, then through Second, First, and Lake Francis behind Murphy Dam. Below the dam the river takes on the discharge of every major New Hampshire and Vermont tributary on its way south. The whole watershed drains about 11,260 square miles.

— where
United States · Pittsburg, Coos County, New Hampshire
— elevation
814 m · 2,670 ft
— position
45.3033° N · 71.2422° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
2 km S
Third Connecticut Lake
lake
1 km S
U.S. Customs Station, Pittsburg
border crossing
30 km S
Lake Francis
lake
N
Fourth Connecticut Lake source pond
Third Connecticut Lake
U.S. Customs Station, Pittsburg
Lake Francis
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Fourth Connecticut Lake source pond — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

On the U.S.-Canada border in Pittsburg, Coos County, at the top of New Hampshire. The pond straddles the boundary monument between New Hampshire and the Quebec municipality of Chartierville at an elevation of 2,670 feet.

About two acres, surrounded by seventy-eight acres of Nature Conservancy preserve. The water is shallow and bog-fed, ringed by floating sphagnum mat in red spruce and balsam fir forest.

Fourth Lake is the highest standing water in the Connecticut River drainage, at 2,670 feet. Its outlet stream drops south into Third Lake and on through Second, First, and Lake Francis to the river proper.

About 410 miles from this pond to Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Connecticut. It is the longest river in New England, and its watershed covers roughly 11,260 square miles across four states.

Park at the U.S. Customs station on Route 3 at the Canadian border in Pittsburg. The trail climbs about three-quarters of a mile along the international boundary swath to the pond. There is no road access.

The Nature Conservancy, which acquired the seventy-eight-acre tract in 1990. The trail is open to day hikers; the boundary swath is maintained by the International Boundary Commission, in place since 1908.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Pittsburg is one of the most loved fly-fishing destinations in the East. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads well for anyone who knows the Trophy Stretch or the lodges along Route 3.

The bog-and-spruce palette settles into camp-cabin, mountain-modern, and Scandinavian interiors. It also reads in a quieter coastal-modern room where the colours are cool and the wood tones are light.

Yes. The piece reads alongside the current run on watershed and source-water imagery in biophilic design. A Medium suits a study or a bedside, where a quieter image holds attention longer.

Above a console table, a single Large reads well. Above a standard sofa, a four-tile Mural or a nine-tile Mural carries the wall. The Medium is the gallery-wall workhorse.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and stand up to steam and splash on a backsplash or shower wall. The Glossy finish is for dry walls and framed pieces.

A microfibre cloth and water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it cannot wipe off. Skip abrasives and ammonia-heavy cleaners.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted by the studio and produced in-house in Knoxville, Tennessee. No licensing, no third-party prints, one eye behind the catalogue.

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