I'd like to thank my mother, Ruth Trask, who told the West Boylston Historical Society of my interest in writing about the reservoir. The historical society responded by letting my mother copy many old interesting maps that I would not have had access to otherwise. She also sent along a copy of The History of West Boylston by Helen Maxwell Hamilton. This book is available from the historical society at PO Box 201, West Boylston, MA 01583.
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