Lake Geneva to swim at some beaches of the lake; indeed, visibility under water was near zero. By the 1980s, intense environmental pollution (eutrophication) had almost wiped out all the fish. Today, pollution levels have been dramatically cut back, and it is again considered safe to swim in the lake. Major leisure activities practiced include sailing, wind surfing, boating (including water skiing and wakeboarding), rowing, scuba diving and bathing. On a scientific footnote, in 1827, Lake Geneva was the site for the first measurement of the speed of sound in (fresh) water. French mathematician Jacques Charles François Sturm and Swiss Physicist Daniel
Geneva Point Center Churches. The Geneva Point Center, Inc., was formed as a nonprofit organization in about 1986, took ownership of the camp in 1986, and continues to operate the center. In the 1930s, there were as many as 72 summer camps in the Lakes Region. The stately Winnipesaukee Inn was once the grand barn of a chicken farm. The barn was converted in 1896. Geneva Point Center The Geneva Point Center is a historic summer camp and conference center in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, on Lake Winnipesaukee, and is the name of the non-profit organization which currently owns it. It was founded in