Walker Pond
| Walker Pond | |
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 Walker Pond | |
  Walker Pond  Walker Pond | |
| Location | Sturbridge,Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°08′20″N72°03′35″W/ 42.13889°N 72.05972°W |
| Basincountries | United States |
| Surface area | 104 acres (42 ha)[1] |
| Average depth | 7.5 ft (2.3 m)[1] |
| Max. depth | 16 ft (4.9 m)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 581 ft (177 m) |
| References | [1] |
Walker Pondis a body of water inSturbridge,Massachusetts,situated offRoute 49on the way toWells State Park.
History
[edit]The pond took its name from settler Rachael "Walker" Smith, a local resident who raised twelve Italian children there.[2](The house, since demolished, was called the Perez Walker House in memory of Nathaniel Walker's grandson, a prominent townsman.)[3][4]In 1894, the town of Sturbridge voted to rename the pond Tantousque Lake,[5]from an Indian word meaning "located between twobreast-shaped hills."[6]The traditional Indian name did not, however, stick.
Fishing
[edit]According to a 1980 survey, the pond contains largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, bluegill, pumpkinseed, brown bullhead, white suckers, and golden and bridled shiners.[1]It is a popular place for ice fishing.
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Walker Pond Sturbridge"(PDF).Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.Retrieved2008-02-25.
- ^Josiah Temple (1887).History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts.North Brookfield. pp.769.OCLC16274445.[1]
- ^George Davis,A Historical Sketch of Sturbridge and Southbridge,47.[2]
- ^Nina Fletcher Little,American Decorative Wall Painting,24
- ^Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity(1894), 106
- ^Levi Chase,The Bay Path and Along the Way,85