Sunday, October 20, 2024

Rivers Still Scratchy

 

On Monday I returned to a section of the Assabet River in Concord, MA in hopes of finding deeper water.  However, despite some recent rain events, the river was still too low for my liking.  Therefore, a few days later on Thursday, I ventured to Lake Wampanoag in Gardner and Ashburnham, MA where depth was less of a concern...

The lake occupies 224 acres and is at an elevation of 1079'.  It has a half dozen or so islands, some big, some small...


Its outlet is to the Whitman River which, in turn, flows into the Nashua River's north branch,  On Thursday the spillway was dry...

While surrounded by mostly evergreens there were a few deciduous trees that provided a bit of color...

The Boston and Maine Railroad's abandoned Cheshire Line lays dormant on the lake's northeast side.  Looking towards South Ashburnham and the line's junction with the B and M's Fitchburg Line..
 
Looking northwest toward Winchendon...

  

The line ran to North Walpole, NH where it connected with the other lines at Bellows Falls, VT.
  
At the northern tip an earthen dike divides the Nashua and the Millers River watersheds.  A look into the wetland on the Millers River side of the dike...


Monday's trash from the Assabet River...


Thursday's trash from Lake Wampanoag...



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