Ell Pond (Massachusetts)

Coordinates: 42°27′39″N 71°03′52″W / 42.4607°N 71.0645°W / 42.4607; -71.0645
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Ell Pond
Location of lake in Massachusetts.
Location of lake in Massachusetts.
Ell Pond
LocationMiddlesex County, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°27′39″N 71°03′52″W / 42.4607°N 71.0645°W / 42.4607; -71.0645
Typelake

Ell Pond is a lake in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.[1] The pond is 0.3 miles (480 m) north of Melrose city center.[1]

Ell Pond, formerly also written "L Pond", was so named on account of its L-shape.[2] A variant name is "Crystal Pond".[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ell Pond
  2. ^ Goss, Elbridge Henry (1876). The Centennial Fourth: Historical Address Delivered in Town Hall, Melrose, Mass., July 4, 1876. p. 32.