Winnecunnet Pond
| Winnecunnet Pond | |
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| Location |
Norton, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°58′15″N 71°07′55″W / 41.97083°N 71.13194°WCoordinates: 41°58′15″N 71°07′55″W / 41.97083°N 71.13194°W |
| Primary inflows | Canoe River, Mulberry Brook |
| Primary outflows | Snake River (Mill River) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 148 acres (60 ha) |
| Average depth | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Max. depth | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Winnecunnet Pond or Winneconnet Pond or Winnecunnett Pond, very often called Lake Winnecunnet or Lake Winneconnet or Lake Winnecunnett although it is a pond rather than a lake, is a body of water in Norton, Massachusetts, United States.
The name also lends itself to the residential area around the pond. "" (in its various spellings) may be an Algonquian word meaning "beautiful place in the pines".
Located on the east side of town (on the north side of I-495), Winneconnet Pond is fed by the Canoe River and Mulberry Meadow Brook (sometimes simply called "Mulberry Brook" and referred to in an 1890 document as "Leach's Stream").
Winneconnet Pond feeds into a portion of the Mill River known as the "Snake River" before the Mill River feeds into the Taunton River.
According to The Sun Chronicle, at one time the town of Norton's "approximate gateways were Ulmer's Farm on Route 123 and a big turkey farm near Lake Winnecunnett."
Winneconnet Pond is a 148 acres (60 ha) pond in that is part of the Taunton River Watershed. It has an average depth of 6 ft (1.8 m) and a maximum depth of 11 ft (3.4 m). According to MassWildlife:
The fertile, stained water is transparent to five feet and the bottom is predominantly mud. The shoreline is heavily developed with commercial and residential buildings except for the swampy areas near inlets.
Weeds are a serious problem in Winneconnet Pond. The pond appeared on the United States Environmental Protection Agency "Massachusetts List of Impaired Waters for 1989". The parameter of concern was given as "noxious aquatic plants."
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