"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 American languages that include most languages in the Algic language family. The name of the Algonquian language family is distinguished from the orthographically simi ...
such as Nipmuc and Wompanoag, still spoken by the
Native Americans of
Massachusetts
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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, 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 in Massachusetts
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Wachusett Dam 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) area of Boston, Massachusetts
Institutions, schools, and organizations
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Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Hall at Assumption College
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Wachusett Regional High School in Holden, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Regional School District 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 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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Wachusett Shirt Company, 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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