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Silver Lake (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

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Type
  
reservoir

Primary outflows
  
Jones River

Surface area
  
640 acres (2.6 km)

Area
  
259 ha

Outflow location
  
Jones River

Primary inflows
  
Tubbs Meadow Brook

Basin countries
  
United States

Settlements
  
Silver Lake

Primary inflow
  
Tubbs Meadow Brook

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Silver Lake is a 640-acre (2.6 km2) lake in Pembroke, Kingston, and Plympton, Massachusetts, south of Route 27 and east of Route 36. The Pembroke/Plympton town line is entirely within the lake, and a portion of the western shoreline of the lake is the town line with Halifax. The lake is the principal water supply for the City of Brockton, whose water treatment plant is on Route 36 in Halifax. The inflow of the pond is Tubbs Meadow Brook, and the pond is the headwaters of the Jones River. Occasionally water is diverted into Silver Lake from Monponsett Pond in Halifax and Furnace Pond in Pembroke (through Tubbs Meadow Brook) whenever there is a water shortage. Access to the pond is through Silver Lake Sanctuary, a 92-acre (370,000 m2) property where one can walk, hike and fish, which is located at the end of Barses Lane, off Route 27 in Kingston.

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Map of Silver Lake, Massachusetts, USA

Silver Lake villageEdit

Silver Lake is also the name of a village southeast of the lake in Kingston at the intersection of Grove Street and Lake Street, near the Kingston/Plympton town line 42°00′15″N 70°47′37″W. Silver Lake Regional High School is located north of the village on Route 27.

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Silver Lake (Plymouth County, Massachusetts) Wikipedia