Cemetery Island (Massachusetts)

Cemetery Island is a heavily forested island located in the Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton, Massachusetts.[1] The island's name came from its being part of an old burial ground that was flooded by the creation of the reservoir; 3,816 bodies were removed and reinterred in St. John's Cemetery in Lancaster, Massachusetts.[2]

References
  1. "Cemetery Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  2. "Fun facts about the Wachusett Reservoir". Telegram.com. Worcester, MA. December 31, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

42°24′00″N 71°42′48″W


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