Swift River (Ware River tributary)

File:Bondsville Trestle over Swift River 1910.jpg above the Swift River in 1910]]

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The Swift River is a river in Massachusetts, United States. It has an east branch, a west branch, and a middle branch.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qh5aAAAAYAAJ&dq=swift+river+massachusetts&pg=PA414|title=Surface Waters of Massachusetts|first1=Charles Henry|last1=Pierce|first2=Henry Jennings|last2=Dean|date=10 January 2019|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}} It is a tributary of the Ware River. Part of it is dammed in the Swift River Valley to form the Quabbin Reservoir serving Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quNEcnPiM1cC&dq=%22swift+river%22+massachusetts&pg=PA201|title=Massachusetts Quilts: Our Common Wealth|first=Lynne Z.|last=Bassett|date=10 January 2019|publisher=UPNE|isbn=9781584657453|via=Google Books}} Several towns were lost when the reservoir was constructed and filled.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R32OphVFqEgC&q=quabbin+valley|title=The Lost Towns of the Quabbin Valley|first=Elizabeth|last=Peirce|date=10 January 2019|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738512198|via=Google Books}}

File:Swift River Reservation, Petersham MA.jpg

Swift River Reservation is located along the east branch.

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The former Academy at Swift River was located in Plainfield, Massachusetts. It is now a drug addiction treatment facility.{{cite web|url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/at-swift-river-high-end-drug-treatment-that-cant-be-for-everyone,520221|title=At Swift River, high-end drug treatment that can't be for everyone|website=The Berkshire Eagle}}

Letting Swift River Go, a picture book by Jane Yolen with watercolor illustrations by Barbara Cooney, describes the flooding of the valley to create the reservoir.