The Quabbin page is for everyone's enjoyment and to teach people the importance of such a beautiful place., to respect it and keep it clean so that many future generations may enjoy it and learn of it's important history.I have created this site on the Quabbin Reservoir in honor of and in memory of my beloved father and mentor, Lewis B. The Terry family of Massachusetts had several relatives who w
ere residents of the Quabbin and had to give up their homes, businesses and land so that the city of Boston could have a clean drinking supply of water. My mother and father Lewis B. Terry and Doris Terry have brought my four siblings and myself as well as many grandchildren to the Quabbin. Mother made many a picnic lunch for she and my Dad to spend many a day there. My Dad related many stories of the Quabbin's early years to us (stories of before it was flooded.) We all have heard these stories many times and never tired of hearing him tell them. We now pass those stories on to our own children and grandchildren. Some of our relatives that lived there were Otis Hager, a storekeeper and postmaster in North Dana and Asa "Popcorn" Snow (quite an unusual man) and Walter Terry, a minister What a sacrifice those people made giving up their homes, livelihood and lifestyle there.. Today it is free for anyone to enjoy but there are areas where no one is allowed to go. I personally have enjoyed the Quabbin and its beauty with my father since I was a small child. I was taught early on to respect nature and to leave no footsteps behind. My husband and I used to enjoy exploring the Reservoir on our Mt. bikes and now are unable to do so because of more restrictions imposed on the average citizen. We never left anything behind yet we always carried a bag with us to carry out any trash we found that was already there. Mostly they were cigarette butts (you are not supposed to smoke in the Quabbin and dog p**p. Dogs are also not supposed to be allowed in the quabbin yet every time we go there, there are dogs. They leave more impact on the environment than earth friendly tires from mt. bikes I am a dog lover, but it is the dogs owners who do not pick up after their dogs that spoil it for others, so please clean up after yourselves and any dog you do bring in. Thank you for your help. In all our years of riding in there we have NEVER, ever seen a track from a mt. I urge all of you who enjoy the Quabbin to write your senators for re-opening the Quabbin to recreational mt. bike riding. I have never seen anyone with a bike scrubbing out or endangering the trails in any way. Also, did you know that you cannot swear in the Quabbin? Another rule not taken seriously. We give billions of gallons of water to the city of Boston and other towns and I believe we should be able to enjoy the quabbin more and ALL it's beauty. If you agree lel your politicians know. Thank you
I would also like to thank all the workers who help to keep the Quabbin Reservoir so clean and the people who work in the visitor's center. They are quite knowledgeable about the history of the Quabbin and it's people, so be sure to stop by and say hello and to thank them. A good job deserves to be recognized. I say thank you to the M.D.C, and all the people there.
