Dwight, Massachusetts

The Tri-Lakes Watershed Association, or Friends of the Tri-Lakes, is a nonprofit organization that formed in 1988 to help maintain the health of the three lakes. It was once a recreational and picnic area; today private homes line the shorelines of the lakes today.

The Tri-Lakes Watershed Association, or Friends of the Tri-Lakes, is a nonprofit organization that formed in 1988 to help maintain the health of the three lakes. It was once a recreational and picnic area; today private homes line the shorelines of the lakes today.

Reportedly the very first non-indigenous Belchertown settlement occurred here in 1727 along the Old Bay Road, also known as the "Bay Path," generally to the southwest of the lakes, near its intersection with Stebbins St. An early cemetery developed here called variously Metacomet, Pond Hill or Lake Vale, its first interment reportedly in 1730: 18-year-old Ruth Warner.

Reportedly the very first non-indigenous Belchertown settlement occurred here in 1727 along the Old Bay Road, generally to the southwest of the lakes, near its intersection with Stebbins St. An early cemetery developed here called variously Metacomet, Pond Hill or Lake Vale, its first interment reportedly in 1730: 18-year-old Ruth Warner.

There was also, in this region, a school dating to 1784, and a [[Request stop|flag stop]] on the Amherst & Belchertown Railroad (later the New London Northern Railroad and the Central Vermont Railway). It began operation in 1853. It was known as the “Federal Street” stop, which was near today’s intersection of Bay Road and the New England Central Railroad tracks.

There was also, in this region, a school dating to 1784, and a [[Request stop|flag stop]] on the Amherst & Belchertown Railroad (later the New London Northern Railroad and the Central Vermont Railway). It began operation in 1853. It was known as the “Federal Street” stop, which was near today’s intersection of Bay Road and the New England Central Railroad tracks.