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Carpenter Reservoir Whitinsville MA
Carpenter Reservoir in Whitinsville MA is a lovely fishing pond with a public access canoe / kayak ramp. Whitinsville is a small part of the town of Northboro, Mass. In this photo, the Carpenter Reservoir is to the far right.
While technically the Carpenter Reservoir is not in Sutton, if the town of Sutton had straight sides to its town shape, we would own the Carpenter Reservoir :) Northbridge only gets this lovely pond because their town "pokes in" to ours. So I felt it worth writing up this lake.
The pond is bisected by Carpenter Road which goes right across it in a single lane, rickety manner. The main place where you can put boats into the reservoir is on the north side of the road, on the west side of the pond. Only canoes and kayaks can be used here - no motor boats. There was a small parking lot which held about six cars; large boulders now prevent access to this area.
Here is the main put in spot by the parking lot (now blocked off). You can see the aging road to the right side of this photo.
Here's the sign that was posted by the small parking area up until April 2012.
The pond allows fishing, but it is catch and release only.
You can also put your boat into the southern half of the reservoir if you're willing to carry your boat across the road and over a wall made up of large boulders.
IMPORTANT UPDATE AS OF APRIL 2012
The Whitinsville Water Company has now removed the sign and blocked off the parking lot. There is no longer off-street parking for this water area. Their new stated policy is: "We have the same policy for Carpenter Reservoir as Meadow Pond. We allow non-motorized boats on the reservoir for passive recreation. There are no public access areas. We believe that people may use private property to access the reservoir."
So, to reiterate, if you want to enter this water area you need to know a resident who lives on it. The roadway is very narrow on either side of the pond and I wouldn't recommend trying to park there, lest your car get sideswiped.
The image below was taken right after Hurricane Irene in 2011, when the water was right up to the edge of the road. This photo was taken from the eastern side of the pond, looking towards the kayak spot. In the image the main kayak put-in spot is on the far side of the pond, to the right of the road.
The next photo is from the end of September, 2003, while I was doing foliage photos.
For a slideshow of almost 90 photos of the northern half of the Carpenter Reservoir, click on the below photo to take a look at this slideshow I created from a kayak in 2011 -
For a slideshow of over 90 photos of the southern half of the Carpenter Reservoir, click on the below photo to take a look at this slideshow I created from a kayak in 2011 -
The northern half has more nooks and crannies. The southern half has the dam / waterfall, and seems to have more fish.
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