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Quabbin: A History and Explorers Guide: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data The flooding of the Swift River Valley and the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir is one of the most traumatic and interesting stories in American history, and Michael Tougias tells the tale crisply and with authority. The Quabbin Reservoir is an amazing "accidental wilderness" with an equally amazing history; its creation caused four towns to be "drowned." Today, the Quabbin has 118 miles of undeveloped shoreline, with the surrounding reservation spanning some 81,000 acres of protected open space. Quabbin's beauty can be breathtaking; reading and consulting this book will further your appreciation of the place. www.usaflightinsurance.com /books-reviewed/0971954712.html

Quabbin Reservoir Letterbox Clues QUABBIN RESERVOIR LETTERBOXES, PELHAM, MA The Quabbin Reservoir was created in 1939 in the evacuated Swift River Valley, in order to provide a supply of water for the city of Boston. The construction of the Quabbin required the building of two dams and the destruction of the towns of Prescott, Dana, Enfield, and Greenwich. Peek around on the east side of that wall to locate the Quabbin Reservoir Moon and Stars Letterbox. www.sover.net /~tcooch/quabbin.htm

Questions & Answers The Nipmucks inhabited the Swift River Valley and referred to this area as the Quabbin. Quabbin has been referred to as the "accidental wilderness." Originally built as a public drinking water supply, the large area of protected watershed land around the reservoir became in effect, a wildlife sanctuary. Additional structures were removed from the 56,000 acres of land purchased for watershed protection around the reservoir, bringing to 1,100 the number of houses, barns, and sheds torn down or moved for the Quabbin project. www.foquabbin.org /q_a.html

Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Quabbin Reservoir nearing capacity, triggering big water releases Quabbin was created in the 1930s by flooding the Swift River Valley towns of Prescott, Dana, Enfield and Greenwich. Quabbin Reservoir is threatening to reach capacity for the first time in seven years, leading reservoir managers to release 150 million gallons a day over spillways to reduce the flooding risk. Because of its size, the Quabbin is both slow to draw down in time of drought and slow to fill up afterward, said William Pula, reservoir superintendent for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/23/quabbin_reservoir_nearing_capacity_triggering_big_water_releases

Inside Out Documentaries : Haunting the Quabbin: WBUR Boston Even fewer know the story of how four towns in an idyllic valley setting were utterly destroyed, leveled, and burnt to the ground in the late 30s to build the Quabbin, the biggest drinking water reservoir of the era. Few Boston residents know that the water filling their downtown sinks comes from a huge reservoir some 65 miles west of Boston, the Quabbin. The building of the Quabbin Reservoir displaced twenty-five hundred people. www.insideout.org /documentaries/hauntingquabbin

Photo: The northeast portion of the Quabbin Reservoir (16 of 22) The northeast portion of the Quabbin Reservoir in Western Mass. Four towns were eradicated -- inhabitants evicted, buildings dismantled and razed, and all growth below the projected water line removed -- to clear the Swift River valley for damming and filling in the 1930s. Photo: The northeast portion of the Quabbin Reservoir (16 of 22) highwire.stanford.edu /~mferber/photos/album.cgi?album=Aerial-20030414-BOS-PIT&idx=16

Factmonster Search: reservoir Quabbin Reservoir, 39 sq mi (101 sq km), in the Swift River valley, central Mass., NE of... Wachusett Reservoir, on the South Branch of the Nashua River, central Mass., NE of Worcester;... Kensico Reservoir, c.4 sq mi (10 sq km), SE N.Y., N of White Plains, formed by Kensico Dam... www.factmonster.com /search.php3?query=reservoir

Boston's Water Infrastructure - HereProject Four small towns are displaced by the reservoir's valley flooding. 1930s - Winsor Dam built on the Swift River, Creating the Quabbin Reservoir, one of the largest human-built water supplied in the United States. Seasonally the Reservoir is also filled by the Ware River. www.hereproject.org /wiki/index.php/Boston's_Water_Infrastructure

TOP: Home Page Pelham is a small, pleasant town perched on the ridge that divides the Connecticut River's Pioneer Valley from Quabbin Reservoir and central Massachusetts. Almost one-third of Pelham's original land area is now part of the Quabbin Reservoir, which was constructed in the 1930's. The eastern one-third of the town is state owned land, part of the Reservoir watershed. www.townofpelham.org

A New England Odyssey -- Friday, August 25, 1995 The Quabbin Reservoir was planned back around the turn of the century to provide clean drinking water for Boston, which was rapidly growing. Where the reservoir is now used to be the Swift River Valley, which was occupied by 4 towns and at least 12 villages. The residents of the area were, understandably, opposed to the reservoir, but the needs of the many outweighed the needs of the few, and the reservoir went in. www.getnet.com /~dloucks/personal/neo/neo0825.htm

Quabbin Reservoir You can watch the reservoir being built and the water rising to flood the cleared valley. The hour-long exploration of Quabbin Reservoir, "Under Quabbin - The Search for the Lost Towns" is available for $24.99. In 1933 and 1935, construction of the Goodnough Dike and the Winsor Dam began. www.bio.umass.edu /biology/conn.river/quabbinres.html

Quabbin Reservoir Quabbin Reservoir, 39 sq mi (101 sq km), in the Swift River valley, central Mass., NE of Springfield. The reservoir, formed by Winsor Dam and Quabbin Dike, is the largest reservoir in Massachusetts. Wachusett Reservoir - Wachusett Reservoir, on the South Branch of the Nashua River, central Mass., NE of Worcester;... www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0840699.html

Cross Currents - Telegram & Gazette When the state flooded the Swift River Valley and drowned four small towns to create Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930s, it already had some experience moving people and buildings to provide water for Metropolitan Boston. The Legislature approved the plan in 1895, and the reservoir construction was to be completed over the next 10 years at a cost of $21.6 million. Although whole communities were not destroyed to create Wachusett Reservoir at the close of the 19th century, parts of four towns in the heart of Central Massachusetts were submerged, changing them forever. www.telegram.com /static/crosscurrents/rivside09.html

Pioneer Valley Viewpoint - Building Community in the Pioneer Valley So as part of our business model, we'll be donating a percentage of our sales on the site to local causes and cultural organizations, including the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, CISA, the Franklin County CDC, the Northeast Foundation for Children, the North Quabbin Woods Project, NESEA and the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. News of the Pioneer Valley peace and justice movement Pioneer Valley Viewpoint - Building Community in the Pioneer Valley www.valleyviewpoint.com   (338 words)

HV-QD Its predecessors were the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad, the Columbus and Toledo Railroad, the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad and the Mineral Railroad. The prototype Hocking Valley Railway operated through southeastern Ohio, where it paralleled the Hocking River and the Hocking Canal, through Columbus and terminated at Toledo. The HO scale HV-Quabbin District operates on the premise that the HV was not merged with the CandO, but that it operated under its control through the dieselazation era, although the Indiana and Ohio Central (current owners of much of the SE Ohio trackage) has trackage rights. members.aol.com /hvqdrwy   (200 words)

Sightings, Issues & Survey Help Perhaps this section of Hardwick-New Braintree is a cross-over spot for migrants to switch from the Swift River Valley to the Ware River Valley, as it's around this area that the Swift is backed up into the Quabbin Reservoir and the Ware River Valley becomes sharply defined. And, as is often the case this time of year, birds were heading east, over the ridges separating Hardwick from the Quabbin watershed, and then following the Ware River. Gilbertville is on the Ware River, which over the years has proven a reliable waterway to see small-to-moderate flocks (10-50) of low-flying nighthawks during spring and autumn migration. hardwickarea.tripod.com /id3.html   (1220 words)

Clark (1994) Quabbin Reservoir: Memories of conditions that existed in the Swift and Ware River Valleys while Quabbin Reservoir was being developed Clark (1994) Quabbin Reservoir: Memories of conditions that existed in the Swift and Ware River Valleys while Quabbin Reservoir was being developed Quabbin Reservoir: Memories of conditions that existed in the Swift and Ware River Valleys while Quabbin Reservoir was being developed Swift River Valley (Mass.); Chicopee River Valley (Mass.); Quabbin Reservoir (Mass.); History www.getcited.org /pub/100060606   (63 words)

Wachusett Reservoir Quabbin Reservoir - Quabbin Reservoir, 39 sq mi (101 sq km), in the Swift River valley, central Mass., NE of... Impounded by Wachusett Dam (completed 1906), it receives some of its water from Quabbin Reservoir and supplies the Boston area. Wachusett Reservoir, on the South Branch of the Nashua River, central Mass., NE of Worcester; built 1897–1905. www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0851231.html   (164 words)

Encyclopedia: Bellingham, Massachusetts The Quabbin Valley is a region of Massachusetts. Western Massachusetts is a geographical region of the state of Massachusetts which contains the Berkshires and the Pioneer Valley. Bellingham is located in southeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Franklin and Wrentham on the east; Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on the south; Blackstone, Mendon, and Hopedale on the west; and Milford and Medway on the north. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bellingham%2C-Massachusetts   (2665 words)

A New England Odyssey -- Friday, August 25, 1995 In the small town of North New Salem is the Swift River Valley Historical Society, an organization that exists to keep the memories of the lost towns of the Quabbin alive. The Quabbin region also has a town to the west named Whately and another to the east named Oakham, the implications of which should be fairly obvious. Each of the vanished towns is represented by a room in the house, while other rooms have collections of artifacts from the other villages. www.getnet.com /~dloucks/personal/neo/neo0825.htm   (2743 words)

Dana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dana, Massachusetts, United States, a former town that was disincorporated as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. In England, it came from dann, the valley of a meadow, and it may mean the dweller of that valley. Dana Brown, son of Bruce Brown, is a surfer and a film-maker. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dana   (918 words)

Dana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dana, Massachusetts, United States, a former town that was disincorporated as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. In England, it came from dann, the valley of a meadow, and it may mean the dweller of that valley. Dana Brown, son of Bruce Brown, is a surfer and a film-maker. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dana   (1055 words)

Five College Area Bed and Breakfast Association - Five College Area of Massachusetts - Bed & Breakfast Inns ONLINE - Travel * Lodging * Bed and Breakfast * Country Inns / Introduction The goal of the Five College Area Bed and Breakfast Association is to not just give you a place to stay, but to create an experience that is an integral part of your trip to the Pioneer Valley. Located in the picturesque and historic region known as the Pioneer Valley, the "Five College Area" for which the bed and breakfast association is named has been dubbed "the other Massachusetts" by travel writers. Beautiful countryside surrounds the bustling center of Amherst, with endless opportunities to hike and fish, canoe in the summer and cross country ski in the winter, including the Quabbin Reservoir and the Northfield Mountain Recreation Area. www.bbonline.com /ma/fivecollege   (1055 words)

Dana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dana, Massachusetts, United States, a former town that was disincorporated as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. In England, it came from dann, the valley of a meadow, and it may mean the dweller of that valley. Dana Brown, son of Bruce Brown, is a surfer and a film-maker. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dana   (1055 words)

MontagueMA.net - Links Directory A non-profit, youth services agency serving all of Franklin County and the North Quabbin area. Website and e-newsletter focusing on the lifesyles and issues in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts. We strive to bring to Western Massachusetts the best of art, and to provide a friendly environment for fine artists to share their work with New Englanders and beyond. www.montaguema.net /links.cfm   (569 words)

Encyclopedia: Woburn, Massachusetts The Quabbin Valley is a region of Massachusetts. Baldwin House, Woburn, Massachusetts with a stetch of the Middlesex Canal in foreground. Baldwin House, Woburn, Massachusetts with a stretch of the Middlesex Canal in foreground. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Woburn,-Massachusetts   (3086 words)

Patriots It was created in the 1930’s by flooding the Swift River Valley. 1.If your friend who’s grandmother used to live in North Dana told you that the Quabbin reservoir now covers 3.5 times as many square miles of water as the Swift River did, how many square miles did the Swift River cover? And waters poured on ruin, drab and gray www.nationalmathtrail.com /north_brookfield/reservior.html   (3086 words)

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