The park surrounds two inactive reservoirs, Spot Pond and the Fells Reservoir, and the three (North, Middle, and South) active reservoirs supplying the town of Winchester. Spot Pond and the Fells Reservoir are part of the Wachusett water system, one of six primary water systems that feed metropolitan Boston's waterworks.
History
The area around Middlesex Fells is known to have been explored by John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1632. The reservation's lands have been used for the production of timber, granite, and ice. Abundant water power meant that many mills, including one that manufactured some of the first vulcanized rubber products, were located here. Remnants of early mill works are visible in the Spot Pond Archeological District, located in the Virginia Woods section, the site of the former mill village of Haywardville.
Middlesex (/ˈmɪdəlsɛks/, abbreviation: Middx) was an administrative county in southeast England that is now mostly part of Greater London, with small sections in neighbouring counties. It was established in the Anglo-Saxon system from the territory of the Middle Saxons. The historic county included land stretching north of the River Thames from 3 miles (5km) east to 17 miles (27km) west of the City of London with the rivers Colne and Lea and a ridge of hills as the other boundaries. The largely low-lying county, dominated by clay in its north and alluvium on gravel in its south, was the second smallest by area in 1831.
The City of London was a county in its own right from the 12th century and was able to exert political control over Middlesex. Westminster Abbey dominated most of the early financial, judicial and ecclesiastical aspects of the county. As London grew into Middlesex, the Corporation of London resisted attempts to expand the city boundaries into the county, which posed problems for the administration of local government and justice. In the 18th and 19th centuries the population density was especially high in the southeast of the county, including the East End and West End of London. From 1855 the southeast was administered, with sections of Kent and Surrey, as part of the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works. When county councils were introduced in England in 1889 about 20% of the area of Middlesex, along with a third of its population, was transferred to the new County of London and the remainder became an administrative county governed by the Middlesex County Council that met regularly at the Middlesex Guildhall in Westminster, in the County of London. The City of London, and Middlesex, became separate counties for other purposes and Middlesex regained the right to appoint its own sheriff, lost in 1199.
It consisted of:
(a) the north-central part of the City of London bounded by Adelaide Street on the west, Clarke Side Road on the east by, and Cheapside Street on the south;
(b) in the County of Middlesex, the Townships of Adelaide, Caradoc, Delaware, Ekfrid, Lobo, Metcalfe, Mosa, West Nissouri and West Williams, Westminster, North Dorchester (excluding the Village of Belmont), East Williams (excluding the Village of Ailsa Craig), and the Township of London (excluding the part of the Township lying south of the Fanshawe Road and bounded on the east by Crumlin Road and on the west by Clarke Side Road); and
(c) in the County of Lambton, the Town of Forest and the Townships of Bosanquet and Warwick.
Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The book is a bestseller, with more than threemillion copies sold by May2011. Its characters and events are loosely based on aspects of Eugenides' life and observations of his Greek heritage. It is not an autobiography; unlike the protagonist, Eugenides is not intersex. The author decided to write Middlesex after he read the 1980memoir Herculine Barbin and was dissatisfied with its discussion of intersex anatomy and emotions.
Primarily a coming-of-age story (Bildungsroman) and family saga, the novel chronicles the effect of a mutated gene on three generations of a Greek family, causing momentous changes in the protagonist's life. According to scholars, the novel's main themes are nature versus nurture, rebirth, and the differing experiences of what society constructs as polar opposites—such as those found between men and women. It discusses the pursuit of the American Dream and explores gender identity. The novel contains many allusions to Greek mythology, including creatures such as the Minotaur, half-man and half-bull, and the Chimera, a monster composed of various animal parts.
What to pack for parades in the summer ...Middlesex Fells Reservation, Medford. The second of the two Massachusetts sites to make Mixbook's list, Middlesex Fells is ideal for those who prefer to schedule their picnic during a hiking break.
... used a lot of water, the town didn’t see much of a profit due to the construction work on the north and south reservoirs in the Middlesex Fells Reservation (from where half the town gets its water).
First started at Blue Hills Reservation by a group of about 400 hikers in 1992, the annual New Year’s Day outdoors program has expanded into a national effort ...Middlesex Fells Reservation, Stoneham, 10 a.m., 1.5- or 3-mile hikes and bike rides.
Likewise, given the plethora of hiking trails that already dot the forested landscape within the surrounding 2,575-acre Middlesex Fells Reservation, he believes it won’t be too difficult to create a ...
via Zoom. To participate, go to zoom.com/join or call 646-558-8656 and enter meeting ID ... 088159 ... via Zoom ... 276410 ... It also notes, “both properties are in close proximity to the Middlesex Fells Reservation, various shops and restaurants, and much more.”. .
“Every Saturday morning at 10 o'clock 25 girls set out from the Glenwild stables in Medford for an hour-long canter over the bridle paths of the Middlesex Fells Reservation, accompanied by their ...
page at mass.gov.Beaver Brook Reservation ... page at mass.gov.Breakheart Reservation ... page at mass.gov.Middlesex Fells Reservation ... Part of the Charles River Reservation ... Upper Charles River Reservation ... page at mass.govWalden PondState Reservation ... Email ... .
He has created detailed geologic maps of the nearby Middlesex Fells Reservation as well as areas of New Hampshire and central New York, created the North American Varve Project, and has taught and led field work at Tufts for nearly four decades.
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Daily Times Chronicle
27 Feb 2024
Daily Times Chronicle
27 Feb 2024