Runaway Pond

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Runaway Pond
Location	Vermont
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	1,289 ft (393 m)

Runaway Pond is a lake at Glover, Vermont, United States.

[edit] History

On June 6, 1810, workers intending to create a new outlet from Long Pond north to the Barton River, instead, unintentionally caused the banks of the entire body of water to give way. This resulted in a huge flood throughout the Barton River Valley. The valley drops 600 feet from Runaway Pond to Orleans for an average of about 40 feet per mile.^[1]

The results of this can still be seen today in the Village of Barton and elsewhere. One of the laborers, Spencer Chamberlain, ran ahead of the flood to warn people at the mill just in time to save their lives. In fact, no lives were lost. This heroic act is commemorated each year on Glover Day (the first day of August) by a road race following the path of the river.

The wayward pond was forever after known as "Runaway Pond."

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Alexander, Wayne Runaway Pond: The Complete Story; A Compendium of Resources. The Glover Historical Society and The Little House Desktop Publishing, 2006.
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/OrleansGlover.html Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT.; 1883-1884, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; May 1887