The Canoe River is a river in southeastern Massachusetts . It is 14.4 miles (23.2 km) long and part of the Taunton River Watershed .
4-752: The Canoe River arises from headwaters near Lake Massapoag in Sharon , and meanders generally southwards through the towns of Sharon, Foxborough , Mansfield , and Easton to empty into Winnecunnet Pond in Norton . Winnecunnet Pond is emptied by the Snake River which flows into Lake Sabbatia which was formed by damming the Mill River which joins the Taunton River and ultimately empties into Narragansett Bay . The river provides drinking water for about 50,000 people in
8-527: Is a 353-acre (1.43 km ), natural, springfed lake located in Sharon, Massachusetts . The name Massapoag is Algonquin, meaning "large water". Lake Massapoag is the headwaters of the Massapoag Brook, which flows into the Neponset River . In the 18th century, workers deepened the outlet of the lake to draw the water down in order to extract bog iron for the smelting industry. Lake Massapoag
12-664: The region who receive their water from its aquifer . It has been designated a sole source aquifer and since 1991, an Area of Critical Environmental Concern by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . The river has a number of earlier names. The section near the headwaters in Sharon were once called Massapoag Brook, and the section in that town alone powered six industrial mills in the nineteenth century. 41°58′23″N 71°08′10″W / 41.973°N 71.136°W / 41.973; -71.136 Lake Massapoag Lake Massapoag
16-447: Was the site of a large 19th-century ice business, with an enormous wooden icehouse at the eastern end of the lake. Because of the lake and the fact that Sharon is at a slightly higher elevation than the surrounding towns, and because it is located on the main rail line going south from Boston, the shores of the lake developed into a minor summer resort with several large hotels , summer camps and cottage colonies. Temple Adath Sharon
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