Jamaica Pond is a kettle lake, part of the Emerald Necklace of parks in Boston designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The pond and park are in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, close to the border of Brookline. It is the source of the Muddy River, which drains into the lower Charles River.USGS 2005
The pond has an area of about 68 acres (28 ha), and is 53 feet (16 m) deep at its center (MassWildlife map), making it the largest body of fresh water in Boston, and the largest natural freshwater body in the lower Charles River watershed. It is ringed by a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) walking path, and is an extremely popular destination for Bostonians for walking, fishing, rowing, and sailing. Around Halloween each year, the pond serves as the site for The Lantern Parade. Participants dress in their Halloween costumes and walk around the pond.
The pond once served as a reservoir for the City of Boston and the Town of West Roxbury, and it supplied ice in the winter to Boston and beyond.[1]
According to the USGS, the name Jamaica derives from an Indian name meaning "abundance of beavers".[2]
The pond's setting, Jamaica Park, was included in the Olmsted Park landscape complex that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 1971.[3]
^"Harvesting Ice on Jamaica Pond". Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jamaica Pond
^"National Register Information System – Olmsted Park System (#71000086)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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