"Wachusett" (also spelled "Wachuset", "Watchusett", and "Watchuset") is a word derived from the
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages ( or ; also Algonkian) are a subfamily of Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous American languages that include most languages in the Algic languages, Algic language family. The name of the Algonquian language f ...
such as Nipmuc and Wompanoag, still spoken by the
Native Americans of
and is believed to approximate "near the mountain" or "mountain place". Wachusett was originally used as the name of a mountain in Massachusetts; other uses of the word (most of them local) have been derived directly from the name of the mountain.
Wachusett may refer to:
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Mount Wachusett
Mount Wachusett is a mountain in Massachusetts. It straddles towns of Princeton and Westminster, in Worcester County. It is the highest point in Massachusetts east of the Connecticut River. The mountain is named after a Native American term me ...
, a mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Mountain (ski area)
Wachusett Mountain is an alpine ski area in the northeastern United States, located on Mount Wachusett, in the towns of Princeton and Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It has 25 trails, served by eight lifts, including three high- ...
, located on the mountain
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Wachusett Mountain State Reservation, the park covering the mountain
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A Walk to Wachusett
"A Walk to Wachusett" is an essay written by Henry David ThoreauHowe, Daniel Walker, ''What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848''. . recounting an excursion he took with a companion, Richard Fuller, from Concord, Massachus ...
,'' an essay by Henry David Thoreau about the author's journey to Mount Wachusett
Other geographic features
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Wachusett Aqueduct
The Wachusett Aqueduct is a secondary aqueduct that carries water from the Wachusett Reservoir to the John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant at Walnut Hill in Marlborough, Massachusetts. It is part of the public water supply system for the commu ...
in Massachusetts
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Wachusett Dam
The Wachusett Dam in Clinton, Massachusetts, impounds the Nashua River, creating the Wachusett Reservoir. Construction started in 1897 and was completed in 1905. It is part of the Nashua River Watershed.
This dam is part of greater Boston's wa ...
in Clinton, Massachusetts
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Wachusett (MBTA station)
"Wachusett" (also spelled "Wachuset", "Watchusett", and "Watchuset") is a word derived from the Algonquian languages such as Nipmuc and Wompanoag, still spoken by the Native Americans of Massachusetts and is believed to approximate "near the mount ...
, a commuter rail station in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Reef
Wachusett Reef was a phantom reef in the Antarctic Ocean.
Captain Lambert of the ship ''Wachusett'' reported that on June 4, 1899 he passed over a reef which appeared to be of coral formation in approximately latitude . The reef appeared to be ...
, a coral reef in the Pacific Ocean reported in 1899 but never confirmed
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Wachusett Reservoir
The Wachusett Reservoir is the second largest body of water in the state of Massachusetts. It is located in central Massachusetts, northeast of Worcester. It is part of the water supply system for metropolitan Boston maintained by the Massachuset ...
in Worcester County, Massachusetts
*Wachusett Street in the
Forest Hills (Boston)
Forest Hills is a part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Forest Hills is characterized by hilly terrain and wooded areas within and adjacent to its borders. In general, the area slopes upward from Hyde Park ...
area of Boston, Massachusetts
Institutions, schools, and organizations
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Mount Wachusett Community College
Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) is a public community college in Gardner, Massachusetts. Established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1963, it features an open admissions policy for the majority of its academic programs. MWCC of ...
in Gardner, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Hall at Assumption College
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Wachusett Regional High School
Wachusett Regional High School (abbv. WRHS) is located in Holden, Massachusetts, United States and services the Wachusett Regional School District. Founded in 1955, WRSD comprises Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling. William Bea ...
in Holden, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Regional School District
Wachusett Regional School District was founded in 1955 and comprises the Massachusetts towns of Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling. The district's central office is located in the Old Jefferson Elementary School in Jefferson, Mass ...
in Massachusetts
Businesses
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Wachusett Brewing Company
Wachusett Brewing Company is a microbrewery and craft brewery in Westminster, Massachusetts. It is the first brewery in Worcester County.. It was founded in 1994 by Ned LaFortune, Peter Quinn, and Kevin Buckler.
History
Wachusett Brewing Compa ...
in Westminster, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Dirt Dawgs
The Wachusett Dirt Dawgs were a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England based in Leominster, Massachusetts
Leominster ( ) is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It ...
, a collegiate summer baseball team in Leominster, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Potato Chip Company
Wachusett Potato Chip Company in Fitchburg, Massachusetts was founded in 1937, by Polish-American brothers Theofil and Steven Krysiak. The company takes its name from nearby Mount Wachusett. The company was originally founded in Clinton, Massachus ...
in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Shirt Company
The Wachusett Shirt Company is an historic industrial complex at 97-106 Water Street in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States. The five-building complex was developed between 1887 and 1910, and was home to one of the city's leading employers u ...
, a historic building in Leominster, Massachusetts
Ships
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USS ''Wachusett'' (1861), a United States Navy sloop-of-war in commission from 1862 to 1868, from 1871 to 1874, and from 1879 to 1885
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USS ''Wachusett'' (ID-1840), a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919
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USS ''Wachusetts'' (SP-548), later USS ''SP-548'', a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
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