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Showing posts with label Olney Pond. Show all posts
Monday, September 7, 2020
Lincoln Woods - September 7, 2020
Third day of paddling in a row - a pleasant trip around Olney Pond at Lincoln Woods.
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Lincoln Woods - July 20, 2013
I wanted to paddle today, but it was so hot that I also
wanted to be able to go swimming.
That meant that most of my usual haunts were out. I decided to go down to Lincoln Woods
to paddle Olney Pond.
I thought it would be quiet there today, but it was actually
pretty busy. Red and yellow rental boats dotted the pond. As I pulled into
the boat launch, a group of canoe racers with 5-man canoes was pulling in as
well. These boats came in pieces, and you could add or remove pieces depending on how many paddlers you had.
I paddled around the pond exploring the shoreline and the small coves and islands. There was
a small flock of cormorants, a heron, and lots of seagulls. I forgot how different it was to paddle
on a lake, even with a small breeze.
I took a swim at the start of the paddle, and at the end of
the paddle – it felt good.
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Olney Pond at Lincoln Woods - August 11, 2012
Took the canoe out yesterday with my favorite paddling partner - my wife Michelle. We did a lap around the Olney Pond at Lincoln Woods.
Olney Pond, named after one of the area’s principal families. In the early 1800s, the Olney’s created a dam at the eastern end of their property offering a fall of water sufficient to run a thread mill about a century before the park was created. Thread Mill Brook leads southeasterly from the dam to other ponds along the Moshassuck as it loops its way back to Providence.
Small islands dot this 126-acre pond. The shores are surrounded by woodland filled with red and white oak, dogwood, hickory, and red maple as well as ferns and wildflowers. The pond’s edge is lined with granite and quartz boulders. Migratory waterfowl such as cormorants, mallards, American black ducks, mergansers, and ring-necked ducks stop at the pond during migrating seasons.
It wasn't very crowded, and there was a nice breeze on the water.
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Olney Pond, named after one of the area’s principal families. In the early 1800s, the Olney’s created a dam at the eastern end of their property offering a fall of water sufficient to run a thread mill about a century before the park was created. Thread Mill Brook leads southeasterly from the dam to other ponds along the Moshassuck as it loops its way back to Providence.
Small islands dot this 126-acre pond. The shores are surrounded by woodland filled with red and white oak, dogwood, hickory, and red maple as well as ferns and wildflowers. The pond’s edge is lined with granite and quartz boulders. Migratory waterfowl such as cormorants, mallards, American black ducks, mergansers, and ring-necked ducks stop at the pond during migrating seasons.
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| Exploring one of the many coves. |
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