Quabbin Valley

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Seven towns of the Quabbin Valley. Parts of Palmer, immediately to the south, also lie within the Swift River Valley.
Seven towns of the Quabbin Valley. Parts of Palmer, immediately to the south, also lie within the Swift River Valley.

The Quabbin Valley is a region of Massachusetts. The region consists of areas drained by the Quabbin Reservoir and accompanying river systems in Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester counties. The area is sometimes known as the Swift River Valley region, a reference to the Swift River, which was dammed to form the reservoir.

At its most restrictive, the Quabbin-Swift River Valley includes the towns immediately bordering the reservoir and lower length of the river:

The Central Quabbin Area Tourism Association includes Petersham and Hardwick on the reservoir's eastern side, and adds the following towns of Worcester County:

Additionally, any definition of the Quabbin area would have to include the four disincorporated towns that were flooded to create the reservoir: Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott.

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