Saturday, November 21, 2015

A Quiet Quinsigamond

With today's great weather it seemed strange to encounter so few boats on Lake Quinsigamond.  Only saw one other kayak and one power boat which I believe was a working boat.   Other than that, had the whole lake to myself.

I launched into Flint Pond at the Oak Island Boat Ramp in Shrewsbury.   After passing under Route 20 and entering Quinsigamond I headed northward towards the recently completed Burns Memorial Bridge which carries Route 9 across the lake (photo at left).


Still further to the north the always busy Route 290 overpass briefly disturbed the peace and quiet.
However, continuing past brought me to this tranquil spot...
Quite a few ducks were congregated on the other side in a shallow and marshy area, and good flow was entering from a brook in the northeast corner.

On the return trip down lake I could see that Ramshorn Island no longer plays host to any part of the Route 9 bridge...

The lake's southern section has several islands.  This is one of the smaller ones...

Good to have conditions such as today's this late into November.  Hope it continues.

Trash scooped up along the way...

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