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    Swift River Valley region, a reference to the Swift River, which was dammed to form the reservoir. At its most restrictive, the QuabbinSwift River Valley...
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    an area of 38.6 square miles (100 km2). Quabbin Reservoir is formed by the flooding of the Swift River Valley behind Winsor Dam and Goodnough Dike. The...
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    branch. It is a tributary of the Ware River. Part of it is dammed in the Swift River Valley to form the Quabbin Reservoir serving Boston and Eastern Massachusetts...
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    May 9, 2015. "Chasing loons: Banding the elusive birds at night on the Quabbin Reservoir". masslive.com. July 28, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2015. "Coastal...
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  • Massachusetts The Berkshires (shown in map) Housatonic Valley Pioneer Valley Quabbin-Swift River Valley Regions of Michigan include: Northern Michigan Traverse...
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    flooding. The creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930s diverted the Swift River, which feeds the Chicopee River, a tributary of the Connecticut...
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    Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 8 May 2013. "'Swift-footed lizard' is named the Massachusetts state dinosaur". NPR. 2022-10-19...
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  • in this valley before it was flooded for the reservoir. Greenwich was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir...
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  • Shore Western Massachusetts The Berkshires Housatonic Valley Pioneer Valley Quabbin-Swift River Valley Counties Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin...
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  • Shore Western Massachusetts The Berkshires Housatonic Valley Pioneer Valley Quabbin-Swift River Valley Counties Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin...
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    style of a European castle turret in Scituate Center, Massachusetts. North River Wildlife Sanctuary, a wildlife sanctuary owned by the Massachusetts Audubon...
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    Ware River, then continues through the Quabbin Valley to New Braintree and Barre roughly following the Ware River northeast. All improved sections are a...
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    not allowed on the peninsula except for an annual tour given by the Swift River Valley Historical Society, or for hikes conducted by the Society. None of...
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  • first State normal school in America; the journals of Cyrus Peirce and Mary Swift (Harvard UP, 1926) pp xiii to lvi. online Normal Schools – History of American...
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  • construction of the Quabbin Reservoir was located in the former town hall and was the last building razed in the Swift River Valley, in 1940. The majority...
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    expanded greatly by the building of the Quabbin Reservoir in 1938. When the towns of the Swift River Valley were disincorporated, Petersham and neighboring...
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    again, however, when the Quabbin Reservoir was formed along the branches of the Swift River. The reservoir filled along the river, and protected lands along...
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    the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir. The reservoir dammed the Swift River in the former town of Enfield, flooding the valley. Four towns—Enfield, Greenwich...
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    Shore Western Massachusetts The Berkshires Housatonic Valley Pioneer Valley Quabbin-Swift River Valley Counties Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin...
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    Massachusetts List of Registered Historic Places in Massachusetts List of rivers of Massachusetts List of school districts in Massachusetts List of state...
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    eastern part of the area, the Quabbin region is a place of outdoor recreation. Archeological efforts in the Connecticut River Valley have revealed traces of...
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    generally difficult economic times. When four Swift River Valley towns were flooded to create the Quabbin Reservoir, the Springfield railroad route had...
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    Shore Western Massachusetts The Berkshires Housatonic Valley Pioneer Valley Quabbin-Swift River Valley Counties Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin...
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  • on May 13, 1956, as WCAT, operating on 1390 AM. Original owner Miller's River Broadcasting sold the station to Tri-State Radio in 1960, who in turn sold...
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    by the former West and Middle Branches of the Swift River, which are now submerged as part of the Quabbin Reservoir. The land of the two forks of the reservoir...
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    Connecticut River. The Chicopee River Watershed includes all or part of 32 cities and towns. Upstream of the Chicopee River on the Swift River, the Quabbin Reservoir...
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    Chicopee River Watershed. The Goodnough Dike is not as large as the Winsor Dam, but it is equally important as they both trap the waters of the Quabbin Reservoir...
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    Park Quabbin Reservoir Robert Frost Hiking Trail Scarborough Conservation Area Shelton Brothers Importers Skettersville Pond Stone House Museum Swift River...
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    the building of the Quabbin Reservoir. The reservoir's waters extend into the town along the former East Branch of the Swift River, which once ran through...
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