Beacon Park - Webster MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 02.964 W 071° 51.683
19T E 263200 N 4659222
Today the park is not open to the public for access to Webster Lake. There is a pumping station on the grounds owned by the city of Webster.
Waymark Code: WM138P9
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2020
Views: 1
At 17.5 m. is EAST VILLAGE (alt. 478, Town of Webster).
Left (straight ahead) from East Village on State 193 at 0.9 m. is the junction with a road (L) on which, at 0.2 m., is Beacon Park (open) on the shores of Lake Webster, the site of a village of the Nipmuck Praying Indians, established by John Lliot (see Tour 8) and Daniel Gookin in 1674. The Indians believed that the islands in the lake were the abiding-places of benevolent spirits. Lake Webster's Indian name is Chargoggagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug.
American Guide Series
Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People p. 544
Today the park is not open to the public for access to Webster Lake. There is a pumping station on the grounds owned by the city of Webster.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 544
Year Originally Published: 1937
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