Walker Pond is a body of water in

Sturbridge Sturbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is home to Old Sturbridge Village living history museum and other sites of historical interest such as Tantiusques. The population was 9,867 at the 2020 census, with more ...

, Massachusetts, situated off Route 49 on the way to Wells State Park.

History

The pond took its name from settler Rachael "Walker" Smith, a local resident who raised twelve Italian children there. (The house, since demolished, was called the Perez Walker House in memory of Nathaniel Walker's grandson, a prominent townsman.) In 1894, the town of Sturbridge voted to rename the pond Tantousque Lake, from an Indian word meaning "located between two breast-shaped hills." Levi Chase, ''The Bay Path and Along the Way,'' 85
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Fishing

According to a 1980 survey, the pond contains largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, bluegill, pumpkinseed, brown bullhead, white suckers, and golden and bridled shiners. It is a popular place for ice fishing.

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* {{Massachusetts lakes and ponds Lakes of Worcester County, Massachusetts Sturbridge, Massachusetts Ponds of Massachusetts