Walden Pond - Agawam, Nipmuc, and Pawtucket land

The historic waters where Henry David Thoreau once spent his time, hold a history much longer and greater than attributed currently. There was not much information online about any relevance as an Indigenous place of importance in particular, but this does not mean that it is not one. The pond also happens to be historic for my family, as we would go there in the summers to escape the heat and avoid the crowded suburban chlorinated pool. This is the place where my Nana taught me about dragonflies and how they are our friends since they eat mosquitoes, in an effort to make me not afraid of bugs anymore. The place where my dad would plop me in the front seat of a kayak and propel us around the pond while I'd laugh and direct him on where I wanted to go look in the water to scour for fish.