Great Herring Pond is a warm water pond mostly located in
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth ( ; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in and the county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklor ...
, with the southern portion extending into
Bourne. The village of Pondville in the
Cedarville section of Plymouth lies on the eastern shore of the pond. The pond has an average depth of 20 ft (6 m) and a maximum depth of 42 ft (13 m). The bottom is composed of sand, rubble and muck. A tire reef was installed in 1979 to
provide additional fish shelter. The inflow comes from
Little Herring Pond
Little Herring Pond is a , shallow natural pond in the Cedarville section of Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth ( ; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in and the county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United St ...
, and the outflow goes into the
Herring River in Bourne. The Public Access Board gravel ramp in Bourne enters shallow water and is therefore best suited for
canoe
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s, inflatable and other shallow-draft, hand-carried craft.
There have been multiple sightings of massive turtles on Great Herring Pond, long, floating downstream from Little Herring Pond under Carters Bridge.
In colonial days, a large village of Christian Indians lived nearby in a place called Comassekumkanet, which means "on the other side of the prince's house" in Algonquin.
Thomas Tupper, an early settler, preached to them though he was not ordained.
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References
External links
Mass Division of Fisheries and Wildlife - Pond Maps
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Bourne, Massachusetts
Ponds of Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Ponds of Plymouth, Massachusetts
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