Stump Pond, also known as Reservoir MA 94127, was a

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Pembroke, Massachusetts Pembroke is a small historic town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Pembroke is a South Shore suburb of the Boston metropolitan area. The town is located about halfway between Boston and Cape Cod. The town is considered rural wi ...

in the East Pembroke section of the town, east of the northern end of the Routes 14 and 53, west of

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and southwest of Arnold School Pond. Today, the area is part of the Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area.

History

Stump Pond formed when Stump Brook—also known as Herring Brook or Swan Lake—was

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, a ...

med for

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. Stump Brook is part of both the part of the Satucket and Taunton River watersheds. Before the dam, it was connected to

Monponsett Pond Monponsett Pond, also called Monponsett Lake and the Twin Lakes, originally one lake is dissected by route 58 into a system of two ponds, West and East, mostly in Halifax, Massachusetts, with a small portion of West Monponsett Pond extending into ...

. It was last sold to the city of Pembroke by the "Cranberry Conservation Corps" in April 2012 for $1.3 million as part of a larger, 268.49 acre piece of land.Address: 0 PLEASANT STREET Parcel ID: F12-16 Old Parcel ID: F12-17,18,--E12-38,46 NBC: D LUC: 930 Legal reference for the sale: 41255-60 - https://www.mapsonline.net/pembrokema/index.html#x=-7881000.623069,5172818.099936,-7876414.401373,5175094.490185 - https://pembroke.patriotproperties.com/Summary.asp?AccountNumber=5009

References

External links

Environment Protection Agency
Lakes of Plymouth County, Massachusetts Pembroke, Massachusetts Reservoirs in Massachusetts {{PlymouthCountyMA-geo-stub