| Lake Buel | |
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| Location | Monterey / New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°10′10″N 73°16′30″W / 42.16944°N 73.27500°W |
| Type | lake |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 196 acres (79 ha) |
| Average depth | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Max. depth | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Surface elevation | 908 ft (277 m) |
| Settlements | Monterey, New Marlboro |
Lake Buel is a 196-acre (0.79 km2) great pond in Berkshire County, Massachusetts just south of Route 57 and east of Great Barrington.[1] It is surrounded by over one-hundred summer homes and a few dozen year-round homes in about a dozen separate, tight-knit neighborhoods, each with its own private or semi-private road. The roads do not interlink.[2]
The lake is named after Samuel C. Buel of Tyringham, Massachusetts who saved people from drowning on the lake (called at the time Six Mile Pond) on July 23, 1812.[3]
The northern shore of the lake is in the town of Monterey and the southern shore is in New Marlborough. There is a paved boat ramp on the northwest shore owned by the Public Access Board and managed by Forests and Parks and Fisheries and Game.[1][4] A portion of the Appalachian Trail crosses over a breached mill dam along the northern inlet.[4]
- ^ a b "Lake Buel" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ Drew, Bernard A. (2009). Gibson's Grove & Turner's Landing: Lake Buel's Century as a Summer Resort. Great Barrington, MA: Attic Revivals Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-941583-35-0.
- ^ Taylor, Charles J. (1882). History of Great Barrington. Great Barrington, Mass.: Clark W. Bryan & Co. pp. 380.
Lake Buel.
- ^ a b Clean Lakes and Great Ponds Program, Phase II Project: Lake Buel (Revision ed.). Coventry, Connecticut: Ecosystem Consulting Service, Inc. 1991. p. 51.