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Lake
Tashmoo,
Martha's Vineyard
Lake Tashmoo is a
quiet
anchorage within walking distance of Vineyard Haven.
Kayaks
share the water with classic wooden boats of bristol quality and Lobster boats
headed out
Boathouse at the southernmost corner of the harbor
Lake Tashmoo is a 270-acre coastal pond on the north shore of Martha's Vineyard. Fresh water enters the pond via groundwater and springs at its head. In the late 1800s those springs became the source for commercially bottled water and for the Town’s first public water supply system. A meandering inlet connected the lake to Vineyard Sound and was an actively fished herring run. After the Great Gale of 1938, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the inlet and constructed jetties that created the current estuary and stabilized the opening for navigation. "Tisbury Waterways"
Ducks, Geese and Swans abound
Summer Vacation Sailing Grounds Travels, Cape Cod, DanaMorris.net
Martha's Vineyard, Summer 2010 Images of Old Marthas Vineyard LakeTashmoo 2007 Lake Tashmoo 2008 Springtime on Lake Tashmoo Images of the entrance to Lake Tashmoo Vessels of Lake Tashmoo Bella Hope Ena Figaro
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