Jamaica Pond

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Jamaica Pond, boathouse in distance, 2005
Jamaica Pond, boathouse in distance, 2005
Skating on Jamaica Pond, 1859
Skating on Jamaica Pond, 1859

Jamaica Pond is a kettle pond, 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.

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 and the largest natural freshwater body in the lower Charles River watershed. It is ringed by a walking path, and is an extremely popular destination for Bostonians for walking, fishing, and sailing.

The pond once served as a reservoir for the City of Boston and the Town of West Roxbury, and supplied ice in the winter to Boston and beyond.

Overlooking Jamaica Pond until its 2007 demolition was Pinebank Mansion, the summer home of Edward Newton Perkins.

[edit] Emerald Necklace

Other parks and parkways of the Emerald Necklace:

[edit] References

  • Water resources and the urban environment, lower Charles River Watershed; ISBN:1428983651

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