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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.2 square miles (29 km 2), of which 10.9 square miles (28 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2), or 2.94%, is water. The Blackstone River, birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, [3] meanders west to southeast, on the south border of town.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lake Hiawatha CDP has a total area of 1.11 square miles (2.87 km 2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2), or 0.81%, are water. [1] The Rockaway River forms the eastern edge of the community and flows southeast to join the Passaic River, part of the watershed of Newark Bay.
John Brown, a Providence Merchant, envisioned the Blackstone Canal from the late 18th century. The Erie Canal was built in Upstate New York, just prior to the construction of the Blackstone Canal. The need for inland transportation from Worcester to Providence finally gave way to an inland waterway, the Blackstone Canal (1828).
These lakes provide a source of drinking water to the city of New Bedford, the largest city in southeastern Massachusetts. At almost four square miles (10 km 2), it is the largest natural lake in Massachusetts. It is known in Wampanoag as Place of the White Stones and is host for the largest alewife run in the eastern seaboard.
Lake Hiawatha from the playground on its eastern shore. Lake Hiawatha is located just north of Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was purchased by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board in 1922 for $550,000. At that time the lake was a marsh known as Rice Lake, but over four years, the park system transformed the wetland into a lake ...
The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor follows the Blackstone Valley from Worcester to Providence, Rhode Island.The corridor follows the course of the Industrial Revolution in America from its origin at the Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island as it first spread north along the valley to Worcester, Massachusetts, and then to the rest of the nation.
A map of the region. The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Corridor dedicated to the history of the early American Industrial Revolution, including mill towns stretching across 25 cities and towns (400,000 acres (1,620 km 2) in total) near the river's course in Worcester County, Massachusetts, and Providence County, Rhode Island.
Long Pond is a 1,721-acre (7.0 km 2) lake within the towns of Lakeville and Freetown, in southeastern Massachusetts. It shares its waters with Assawompset Pond. These lakes provide a source of drinking water to the city of New Bedford, the largest city in southeastern Massachusetts. Long Pond is roughly one mile (1.6 km) wide by four miles (6.4 ...