Walden Pond (Middlesex County, Mass.)
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- Walden Pond, Massachusetts, environmental setting and current investigations, 1998:t.p. (Walden Pond, Massachusetts) p. 1 (setting for Henry David Thoreau's essay "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"; Thoreau lived and wrote at Walden Pond from July 1845 to Sept. 1847)
- GNIS, MA, Aug. 26, 1998(Walden Pond, lake, Middlesex County, 42⁰26ʹ20ʺN, 71⁰20ʹ25ʺW; also a reservoir in Essex County)
- LC database, Aug. 26, 1998(hdg.: Walden Pond (Mass.))
- Lippincott(Concord, town, Middlesex co., E Mass.; Walden pond is in Concord; ref. from Walden Pond, Mass.)
- Nat. reg. hist. pl.(Mass., Middlesex county; Walden Pond, 1.5 mi. S of Concord)
- Web. geog.(Walden Pond; pond; Middlesex co., NE Massachusetts, near Concord; on its shore Henry Thoreau lived 1845-47)
Walden Pond is a historic pond in Concord, Massachusetts, in the United States. A good example of a kettle hole, it was formed by retreating glaciers 10,000–12,000 years ago. The pond is protected as part of Walden Pond State Reservation, a 335-acre (136 ha) state park and recreation site managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The reservation was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962 for its association with the writer Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), whose two years living in a cabin on its shore provided the foundation for his famous 1854 work, Walden; or, Life in the Woods. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 ensured federal support for the preservation of the pond.
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