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Lake Quannapowitt is a lake in Wakefield, Massachusetts. It is one of two large lakes in Wakefield, the other being the man-made Crystal Lake. The lake is named after Quonopohit, [3] the Naumkeag Native American man who signed a deed to the town that would become Wakefield in 1686. [4] The lake is located off Route 128 in Middlesex County.
The Downtown/Wakefield Square area extends from just north of the immediate north shore of Crystal Lake (an area known as Wakefield Junction, where North Avenue merges into Main Street) to the southern shores of Lake Quannapowitt. The West Side encompasses nearly all of Wakefield which is west of Lake Quannapowitt and Crystal Lake.
The Common District encompasses the main civic center of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It is centered on the historic town common, just south of Lake Quannapowitt, which was laid in 1644, when it became the heart of Old Reading. The area was separated from Reading as South Reading in 1818, and renamed Wakefield in 1868. [2]
Pleasure Island was an amusement park located in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The park, billed as the "Disneyland of the Northeast", [1] [2] was in business from 1959 to 1969. During its short existence it went through several owners [1] and was financially handicapped by New England's relatively short summers. [1]
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Breakheart Reservation is a public recreation area covering 652 acres (264 ha) in the towns of Saugus and Wakefield, Massachusetts. The reservation features a hardwood forest, two freshwater lakes, a winding stretch of the Saugus River, and scenic views of Boston and rural New England from rocky hilltops.
Saugus River and environs. The Saugus River is a river in Massachusetts.. The river is 13 miles (21 km) long, drains a watershed of approximately 47 square miles (120 km 2), and passes through Wakefield, Lynnfield, Saugus, and Lynn as it meanders east and south from its source in Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield (elevation 90 feet (27 m)) to its mouth in Broad Sound.