Walker Pond
Template:Infobox lake Walker Pond is a body of water in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, situated off Route 49 on the way to Wells State Park.
History
The pond took its name from settler Rachael "Walker" Smith, a local resident who raised twelve Italian children there.[1] (The house, since demolished, was called the Perez Walker House in memory of Nathaniel Walker's grandson, a prominent townsman.)[2][3] In 1894, the town of Sturbridge voted to rename the pond Tantousque Lake,[4] from an Indian word meaning "located between two breast-shaped hills."[5] The traditional Indian name did not, however, stick.
Fishing
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.[6] It is a popular place for ice fishing.
References
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- ↑ 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
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