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Cutler Park is a state-owned nature preserve and public recreation area that lies between Route 128/I-95 and the Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts. The state park 's 772 acres (312 ha) contain the largest remaining freshwater marsh on the middle Charles River.
[2] Name on the Register [3] Image Date listed [4] Location City or town Description 1: Charles R. Atwood House: Charles R. Atwood House: July 5, 1984 (30 Dean St.
The name of the district comes "from the 'flakes' or fish drying tables of the fish drying yards, which were found here until the late 19th century." The city created the district in 1971 and contains 152 properties on 35 acres., [3] [4]
Mary Chace Peckham in The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1899). Mary Chace Peckham (or Chase; 1839–1893) was an American author and reformer. [1]Born at Nantucket on July 15, 1839, she was the daughter of Charles Miller Peck and Adriana (Fisher) Peck. [2]
Lake Dennison Recreation Area is a 121-acre (49 ha) Massachusetts state park located in the town of Winchendon.It comprises a small portion of the 4,221 acres (1,708 ha) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Birch Hill Flood Control Project [3] that are managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and that also include Otter River State Forest.
Spy Pond was stocked with fish through the 1990s, but budget cuts have meant no stocking since then. [9] The pond contains a variety of species, including American eel , bluegill , carp , largemouth bass , white perch , yellow perch , pumpkinseed , black crappie , white crappie , gizzard shad , and tiger muskellunge . [ 10 ]
Fish swim through the coral reef in the Giant Ocean Tank Myrtle the green sea turtle looks out of the Giant Ocean Tank. Located in the center of the main building's open atrium, the principal feature of the aquarium is the Giant Ocean Tank. This tank is a cylindrical 200,000-US-gallon (760,000 L) exhibit that simulates a Caribbean coral reef. [15]
Billington Sea is located southwest of the center of Plymouth, Massachusetts, west of Massachusetts Route 3 and south of U.S. Route 44. It is 269 acres in surface area with depth averaging 7 feet, with an 11-foot maximum depth. It is a warmwater eutrophic pond with extensive aquatic vegetation and a mostly mud bottom, though with sandy ...