No-Name Pond, where Assabet River is born - true start, Westborough, Massachusetts
I first saw the little pond in the full green warmth of June...
It is but a mile from the dismal reservoir...
a tiny blue bean on the USGS Shrewsbury quadrangle...
The source of the Assabet River is defined by the United States Board of Geographic Names
as Latitude 42° 15' 15'' and Longitude 71° 40' 30'',
which lies at the confluence of the stream from this pond and another coming in from the east...
Edwin has suggested the pond as the proper source,
and I agree out of pure sentiment:
here, in this charming place, is the proper beginning for a river...
ANN ZWINGER and EDWIN WAY TEALE, A Conscious Stillness
