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Lake Chaubunagungamaug

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Birch Island: Large island on west edge of Middle Pond with Pout Pond on west side and swamp surrounding entire island. It is located roughly between Treasure Island and The Narrows with access by a bridge on Birch Island Road near The Narrows. There are many homes on island and establishment once
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Spellings of the long name vary; in 2009, following six years of press reports, the local Chamber of Commerce agreed to have the spelling changed on its signs, but a 45-letter version of the name arrayed in a semicircle is still used. Webster public schools use one long form of the name in various
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Although the lake is natural in origin, its outlet has a dam that raises the water level by roughly 2 feet (0.61 m). The dam initially provided water for a mill, and subsequently the water rights to the lake were owned by Cranston Print Works; currently, the dam is owned by Webster Lake
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Three songs about the lake's name have been written. The first was a regional song from the 1930s. The second, "The Lake Song (Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg)", was recorded by
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A 1795 map of Massachusetts indicated the name, using the long-form's first eight syllables, as "Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg". A survey of the lake done in 1830 lists the name as "Chaubunagungamaugg", the six-syllable older name. The following year, both
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Today, "Webster Lake" may be the name most used, but some (including many residents of Webster) take pride in reeling off the longer versions. This lake has several alternative names. Lake Chaubunagungamaug is the name of the lake as recognized by the
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town (recorded in 1668 and 1674 with somewhat different spellings). This has been translated as "boundary fishing place", but something close to "fishing place at the boundary" or "that which is a divided island lake" may be more accurate.
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Webster Lake is a 1,442-acre (5.84 km) lake with a 17-mile (27 km) shoreline in southern Massachusetts, near the Connecticut border. It is the fourth largest fresh body of water in Massachusetts, after slightly larger
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Long Island: The largest island in Webster Lake. It has many homes and has electric power lines, underground/underwater municipal water and sewer service, and several fire hydrants. It is in the Middle
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The humorous translation is: "You fish on your side, I'll fish on my side, and no one shall fish in the middle". Its humorous translation was perhaps invented by Laurence J. Daly, editor of
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Goat Island: The second largest island. It has a few homes and boats. It is in the Middle Pond but isolated from the cluster of islands that include Long Island.
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border and has a surface area of 1,442 acres. Since 1921, the lake has also been known by a much longer name having 45 letters comprising fourteen syllables:
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The exaggerated name "Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg" (
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and one of the longest in the world. Many area residents, as well as the official website of the town of Webster, consider the longer version correct.
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Misery Island is a small island near east side of Narrows in Middle Pond. May be called either Misery Island or Skunk Island, depending on the map.
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The lake is commonly divided into three smaller bodies of water: North Pond, Middle Pond, and South Pond. They are connected by narrow channels.
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Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg's renown
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Webster Lake has about 7–8 islands. Some have houses and are habitable; a few are extremely small and uninhabitable. They include:
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Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg
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Strip Island: Generally northeast of Long Island and north of Cobble Island with one house, also in the Middle Pond.
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Point Breeze: A restaurant with a small marina. Point Breeze Marina has the only dockside gas pump on the lake.
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and incorporates the tale about the lake's name according to the name's inventor, Laurence J. Daly, editor of
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Indian Names of Places etc., In and On the Borders of Connecticut: With interpretations of Some of Them
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Little Island: In South Pond, right out of the no wake zone from the Middle Pond, one house.
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Lakeview Marine: The only full-service marine store and service shop on Webster Lake.
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Well Island: A smaller island with one house west of Long Island in the Middle Pond.
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for having the longest name of any geographic feature in all of the United States.
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In the 1950s, a plan to shorten the official name of the lake inspired a poem of
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Vol. 43, No. 2 (Apr., 1977), pp. 157–159, University of Chicago Press.
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called Birch Island Pavilion, now called Waterfront Mary's.
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Lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
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Cobble Island: East of Long Island, in the Middle Pond.
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Webster TIMES Centennial Anniversary Issue, 1859-1959
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The lake has become famous beyond 1044:Webster Lake Real Estate Boat Tours 926:. Worcester Telegram & Gazette. 855: 710:Geographic Names Information System 13: 856:Ash, Russell (November 10, 2011). 597:, the longest place name in the UK 14: 2330: 1019: 937:Nipmuc Place Names of New England 895:Knapton, Sarah (April 22, 2009). 522:For never shall that number down, 1064:Lake Chaubunagungamaugg photos 2 1059:Lake Chaubunagungamaugg photos 1 639:Worcester Telegram & Gazette 518:Fifteen in all their glory stand 514:"Touch not a g!" No impious hand 434:in Clinton, and the much larger 88: 81: 58: 51: 34: 996: 953: 941: 930: 888: 876: 849: 766:Trumbull, James Hammond. 1881. 715:United States Geological Survey 633:Patenaude, Ed (June 28, 2001). 534:While nations gaze and wonder. 378:Patch using longer name of lake 326:U.S. Department of the Interior 305:The lake's name comes from the 846:(Accessed September 16, 2015). 830: 812: 794: 774:by Archon Books, Hamden, Conn. 697: 489:Webster Lake has two marinas: 1: 616: 611:Chaubunagungamaug Reservation 391: 201:1.125 mi (1.811 km) 102:Show map of the United States 922:Brian Lee (April 14, 2009). 885:, accessed January 15, 2007. 412: 354: 40:Name of the lake on a bridge 7: 1446:Little Long Pond (Plymouth) 837:"OldeWebster Photo Archive" 785:Untitled review of Trumbull 772:Indian Names in Connecticut 572: 193:3.25 mi (5.23 km) 10: 2335: 2039:Little Long Pond (Wareham) 1603:Pembroke Street South Pond 842:December 13, 2007, at the 484: 448: 262:not a well-defined measure 2224:Spectacle Pond (Sandwich) 1766: 1737: 1679: 1660: 1636: 1557: 1503: 1469: 1420: 1411: 1301: 1258: 1239: 1180: 1151: 1127: 1118: 1054:Map of the area watershed 1049:MassWildlife Map and Info 801:Osgood, Carleton (1795). 606:Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck 285:. It is located near the 259: 249: 245: 237: 229: 221: 213: 209:1,442 acres (584 ha) 205: 197: 189: 185: 172: 160: 121: 111: 72:Show map of Massachusetts 45: 33: 28: 23: 2089:Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds 2054:Little Sandy Bottom Pond 1994:Island Pond (Cedarville) 1461:Spectacle Pond (Wareham) 1008:August 15, 2020, at the 1003:Poem by Bertha A. Joslin 705:"Lake Chaubunagungamaug" 579:List of long place names 548:and released in 1954 by 520:And ever shall the same. 241:477 ft (145 m) 1681:Taunton River Watershed 1578:Harrobs Corner Bog Pond 1260:Taunton River Watershed 1039:Listen to the Lake Song 859:Boring, Botty and Spong 584:Longest word in English 509:verse which concludes: 388:Smithsonian Institution 300: 233:17 mi (27 km) 217:13 ft (4.0 m) 2319:Webster, Massachusetts 2309:Lakes of Massachusetts 1544:Island Pond (Plymouth) 1349:Lake Chaubunagungamaug 965:March 4, 2016, at the 678:. 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Location of Lake Chaubunagungamaug in Massachusetts, USA.
Location of Lake Chaubunagungamaug in Massachusetts, USA.
Webster, Massachusetts
42°02′30″N 71°50′30″W / 42.04167°N 71.84167°W / 42.04167; -71.84167
Type
Lake
Basin
United States
Islands
not a well-defined measure
town
Webster, Massachusetts
Connecticut
Central Massachusetts
Algonquian
language
Nipmuc
Ives Goddard
U.S. Department of the Interior
Algonquian
Nipmuc
Dudley
Oxford
place name
United States

Smithsonian Institution

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