Douglas State Forest – Douglas MA

City:
Douglas, MA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers, Paths and Trails, Lakes and Ponds, Picnic and Other Facilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Dams

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1942

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

From the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: “CCC features at Douglas include a picnic pavilion, administration building, stone culverts and well maintained water holes.”

Source notes

"CCC Work in Massachusetts Forests and Parks,” Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, accessed August 13, 2014.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 13, 2015.

Location Info


107 Wallum Lake Rd.
Douglas, Massachusetts 01516
Worcester County

Coordinates: 42.033944, -71.762677

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