Island Pond (Rockingham County, New Hampshire) Island Pond (Rockingham County, New Hampshire) Island Pond (sometimes referred to locally as Big Island Pond) is a water body located in Rockingham County in southern New Hampshire, in the towns of Derry, Hampstead and Atkinson. The pond is near the head of the Spicket River watershed, which feeds the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The pond was formed from the merger of two smaller bodies of water in 1878, when a dam raised the water level by 8.5 feet. The pond is named for Governor's Island, a island that lies within it. The island in turn is named for
Gulf of Patience memory of their having to wait for the fog to clear in order for them to continue with their expedition. Gulf of Patience Gulf of Patience is a large body of water off the southeastern coast of Sakhalin, Russia. The Gulf of Patience is located in the southern Sea of Okhotsk, between the main body of Sakhalin Island in the west and Cape Patience in the east. The Poronay River flows into the bay from the north. The Tyuleny Island lies off the eastern side of the bay to the south of Cape Patience. The first Europeans visited the bay