Silver Lake is an unincorporated village in
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populou ...
,
in the towns of
Wilmington and
Tewksbury. It is centered around its namesake lake in Wilmington,
Silver Lake. Silver Lake is right off Main Street.
Points of Interest
The shore of the lake features the Town Beach at Silver Lake, as well as Fullerton Park
and Landry Park.
A portion of the historic
Middlesex Canal runs under Lake Street, and a small pedestrian bridge named Burnap's Bridge is located further up the canal.
Other natural features in the area include a forest named Silver Lake Pines, Lubbers Brook, and Mud Pond.
Former MBTA station
Silver Lake used to contain an
MBTA Commuter Rail
The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA's) transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track on 12 lines to 142 stations. It ...
Lowell Line station, which had service until January 18, 1965. The station building was abandoned around 1943 to reduce the
Boston and Maine Railroad
The Boston and Maine Railroad was a United States, U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. It was chartered in 1835, and became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022).
At the e ...
tax bill.
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References
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Villages in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Villages in Massachusetts