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1648:Stetson Pond
1608:Shubael Pond
1598:Shallow Pond
1508:Micajah Pond
1433:Learned Pond
1413:Jamaica Pond
1373:Higgins Pond
1343:Gallows Pond
1313:Federal Pond
1308:Fearing Pond
1298:Ezekiel Pond
1268:College Pond
1222:
1193:Barrett Pond
1167:Tihonet Pond
1118:Robbins Pond
1080:Tuxbury Pond
1022:Russell Pond
982:Furnace Pond
899:Quaboag Pond
850:Halfway Pond
831:Agawam River
778:Mystic Lakes
753:Lake Ashmere
738:Follins Pond
733:Crystal Lake
702:Pocksha Pond
452:
440:. Retrieved
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343:Plymouth Bay
331:white sucker
307:yellow perch
288:
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146:Surface area
1678:Walker Pond
1673:Vaughn Pond
1638:Spring Pond
1593:Scargo Lake
1588:Sawins Pond
1583:Savery Pond
1553:Redd's Pond
1493:Mary's Pond
1453:Little Pond
1408:Jacobs Pond
1393:Indian Pond
1368:Hedges Pond
1288:Dunham Pond
1273:Curlew Pond
1248:Campus Pond
1233:Bloody Pond
1128:Watson Pond
1027:Silver Lake
1007:Oldham Pond
1002:Maquan Pond
968:Jones River
889:Brooks Pond
808:Whites Pond
803:Wenham Lake
798:Wallum Lake
793:Silver Lake
748:Indian Lake
723:Charge Pond
677:Assonet Bay
640:Walden Pond
442:17 November
327:white perch
311:pumpkinseed
299:brook trout
223:Description
206:Morton Park
184:Settlements
104: /
79:Coordinates
1712:Categories
1688:White Pond
1668:Union Pond
1618:Smith Pool
1613:Smelt Pond
1573:Sandy Pond
1563:Round Pond
1558:Rocky Pond
1523:Muddy Pond
1518:Morey Hole
1423:Kings Pond
1418:Keene Pond
1363:Hardy Pond
1358:Great Pond
1333:Fresh Pond
1293:Elbow Pond
1263:Cliff Pond
1253:Cedar Pond
1203:Bates Pond
1183:Abner Pond
948:Hoyts Pond
933:Forge Pond
928:Cooks Pond
773:Lewis Lake
581:Lake Onota
552:Lake Wyola
394:References
231:, west of
211:Town Brook
162:Max. depth
125:Town Brook
92:70°40′36″W
89:41°56′30″N
1603:Ship Pond
1488:Lout Pond
1383:Horn Pond
1278:Deer Pond
1150:Watershed
1073:Watershed
1056:Long Pond
1049:Watershed
970:Watershed
923:Boot Pond
916:Watershed
914:Eel River
882:Watershed
840:Fawn Pond
833:Watershed
783:Pine Lake
697:Long Pond
687:Lake Rico
652:Watershed
635:Lost Lake
615:Lake Boon
593:Watershed
571:Lake Buel
564:Watershed
540:Watershed
362:Lout Pond
262:Mayflower
241:eutrophic
216:Mayflower
1643:Spy Pond
1283:Dug Pond
372:See also
315:bluegill
291:pickerel
68:Location
339:alewife
248:History
175:Islands
1176:Others
711:Others
333:, and
196:(also
822:Ponds
529:Lakes
513:ponds
509:Lakes
132:Basin
511:and
444:2017
313:and
519:by
515:of
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