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Indian Lake (Massachusetts)

Indian Lake
Indian Lake from Shore Park
Location of Indian Lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Location of Indian Lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Indian Lake
Location of Indian Lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Location of Indian Lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Indian Lake
LocationWorcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°18′00″N 71°48′24″W / 42.30000°N 71.80667°W / 42.30000; -71.80667
TypeReservoir[1]
Basin countriesUnited States
Average depth8 ft (2.4 m)
Max. depth15 ft (4.6 m)
Surface elevation538 ft (164 m)[1]
DamIndian Lake Dam[2]
IslandsSears Island

Indian Lake, also known as North Pond, is a lake located in northern Worcester, Massachusetts. The water is brownish in color with a transparency of only five feet. The mean and maximum depths are 8 and 15 feet (2.4 and 4.6 m) respectively. The bottom is muck and rock. The shoreline is heavily developed with residential dwellings and commercial buildings.

Facilities

Shore Park (115 Shore Drive) offers a 5-acre (2.0 ha) beach that is open to the public July 1 to late August and offers a lifeguard from noon to 7 pm.

Morgan Landing (Grove Street) does not offer a public beach, but it does offer boating and 11.2 acres (4.5 ha) of land.

Wildlife

The fish population was most recently studied during a 1996 summer survey. Eleven species were collected including white perch, yellow perch, largemouth bass, golden shiner, black crappies, bluegills, pumpkinseeds, yellow bullhead, brown bullhead, carp and white suckers. Northern pike were captured during other sampling efforts in 1994. The lake has been stocked with northern pike and tiger muskies on a fairly regular basis beginning in 1981. [3]

Boating

The north shore of Indian Lake was home to the Shore Park Community Sailing Club (SPCSC), which was directed by Paschal "Pat" Pavini who started the club in 1990. Eventually, the SPCSC evolved into the Indian Lake Yacht Club (ILYC). The club included youth and adult sailing programs as part of its offerings. In the late 1990s, the racing team from ILYC won the Gallagher Cup in Boston, emblematic of the Central Division Junior Championship. ILYC dissolved after Pat Pavini died in 2009.

The first logo used for the Shore Park Community Sailing Club

The public beach is owned by The City of Worcester and maintained by the Bancroft School and staffed by the Greendale YMCA during summer months.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Lake (Massachusetts)
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indian Lake Dam
  3. ^ "Indian Lake Watershed Association". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20.



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