Still River (Nashua River)
{{Short description|River in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States}}
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File:Still River in Bolton MA USA as seen from bridge on Route 117.jpg near Lancaster border]]
File:Pond at the headwater of the Still River off Ponside Drive in Bolton MA USA.jpg
The Still River is a {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} tributary of the Nashua River in Bolton, Massachusetts and Harvard, Massachusetts.{{cite gnis|610921|Still River|June 28, 2023}} The river is located near Lancaster, Massachusetts in eastern Worcester County, Massachusetts. The village of Still River, Massachusetts is located in Harvard, Massachusetts, where the river merges with the Nashua in the Bolton Flats.
Course and watershed
The Still River headwaters emanate from a pond in Bolton. The river meanders through Bolton and Harvard before flowing parallel with the Nashua River and then converging into the Nashua River near Still River Road and Still River village near the Bolton, Lancaster, and Harvard borders.https://www.nashuariverwatershed.org/5yr_plan/subbasins/still.htm accessed 6/10/2023Virginia De Lima, Stream-aquifer Relations and Yield of Stratified-drift (1991) p. 27
According to Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, "[t]he flat lowland between the Nashua River and the Still River is called Bolton Flats and is the result of the receded glacial Lake Nashua. The area is protected by the Commonwealth as the Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area, which is in Harvard, Bolton and Lancaster. At the Bolton entrance to the Bolton Flats Management Area there is a modest early 20th century cape with a gambrel roof barn, owned by the state."Bolton Reconnaissance Report, Mass. DCR, Freddom's Way Heritage Association, p. 10 https://www.townofbolton.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif2836/f/uploads/boltonreconfinal.pdf The Still River area contains various Native American objects and was the site of brickmaking from colonial times into the nineteenth century.Bolton Reconnaissance Report p. 10 Several nearby brick houses, including the Haynes House (ca. 1820) at 304 Still River Road, were likely constructed using bricks from the Haynes Brickyard on the Still River.Bolton Reconnaissance Report p. 10
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://www.nashuariverwatershed.org/5yr_plan/subbasins/still.htm Still River watershed information]
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Category:Bolton, Massachusetts
Category:Geography of Worcester County, Massachusetts