Exploring Abandonded Sites Near The Quabbin Reservoir
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024
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Okay, so here's something that's definitely a little "different". The Wife and I had a chance to stay at the cabin of some friends back in September. It is very close to one of the gates to the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts. In addition to getting the opportunity to live semi off-the-grid for a couple days we were also able to do some hiking and exploring around the reservoir. Here's a video of a couple interesting things I found in the area. 
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Thank you forsuch an enjoyable visit to the Quabbin.
Thank you for checking it out!
Great video. I spent some great days at Quabbin. Nice to see it again.
Thank you for pronouncing Greenwich correctly!
Love Quabbin..Lived in Worc all my life and fished Quabbin quite a bit. Very quiet. Had a 10hp Mercury out board all that was allowed on the water. The state rented aluminum boats. Forgot which gate i went out of 54-- 64 ??..In the town of ware Ma... That was back in the 60`s 70`s 80`s I am 82 now and retired and live in St Pete Fl...Such memories. Thanks for the vid.....🤗🤠😎
I remember as a kid my grandfather taking us kids to camp cook and beaver brook in QUABBIN, along abandoned roads that led to the waters edge, coming from PALMER, had a lot of good times at the reservoir
Me too. I grew up in Palmer. From 84 to 02
I grew up next to the quabbin .
I have great memories fishing there as a kid.
Thank you for this wonderful video!
Native Americans used rocks like those border rocks for marking roads to get to hunting grounds etc. Yeah, my reading on this subject is that yes the Gov bought out these homes too, even tho far from the water because they wanted civilization well away from it for keeping pollution away from the water.
That makes sense and was kind of what I had figured. I guess I was thinking in more modern terms about how they'd want to make sure there wasn't any pollution from the land and "ruins" themselves, but it makes more sense that back then they'd want to make sure no people would be living anywhere near the water because of all the pollution and contamination that would cause.
From central MA but I’ve never been there. Will have to check it out someday, very interesting 👍🏻
Apparently those islands located inside can't be touched by many due to the quabbin is a large water tank for Boston there is no showing of what the islands inside look like
those islands are probably where all the big fish are hiding hahaha
Great fishing. Amazing place.
Thank you for that history walk all that hard work from men and children who built those stonewalls great history
Nina and I really enjoyed this video. 2 thumbs up!
Really great video! I love love love nature and history.
Real cool video. Very relaxing
What gate was the first foundation off of? I want to check it out next time I'm there.
I can’t imagine all the time and effort that went into making all the stone walls/fences. I think this type of video is a nice addition to your channel, thanks for doing it.
If you are staying where i think you are i know his cabin ive wored down on the powerlines on that side and live in belchertow i know where thay have a few camps cabins right before the gate using out houses and such and yea its a home bought by the goverment they bought lots of homes around and so close for ground water their. Even though the homes are far from water they dident want any thing near the water out of their control and plus i hear their might of had a area 51 kinda base on that ponincala
That makes a lot of sense. I kind of figured it might have been a watershed kind of thing, but hard to know for sure because of the distance from the water. Thanks for the great information and clarification!
My uncle drank that beer in 1975
Great video. Nice change, keep this going if possible.
So nice to watch a serene video without all the typical RUclipsr/Influencer "quick cuts," etc. And actual human voice narration. 🎵"Its refreshing, not sweet, its the extra dry treat, wont you try extra dry Rheingold Beer!"🎵
Love the Quabbin, miss going there since moving to Texas from Massachusetts
Cool video. Love finding stuff like this when I'm out in the woods.
Me rember ing that I live 10 minutes from the quabin lol
I always thought an awesome superpower would be to touch something old like those walls or the well and see into the past and see the person or persons building it. Awesome video!
Dang. I knew you were in New England somewhere. I am in CT. Be safe and enjoy it!
Nice commentary and outdoor location.
gschultz - I LOVED this video - and though I love your ration reviews, I think most who do also have a fondness for nature and for quaint history (Like the beer cans)! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Metal detector on State of Massachusetts property is illegal so is everything else actually!
Really enjoyed the video. Would love more like this
Nice change of venue. I'm doing a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail staring in March, does the AT come close to this?
Great video gschultz. I remember when i had more time for adventuring and i really enjoyed it when i was metal detecting for about 5 years. Too bad i do not have the time for it any more, but i hope to sometime soon. Thanks for sharing!
those kind of stone walls litter the swedish landscape to, and les than 15minutes walk from my home there is lots of remains from old grain mills in a stream. these kind of things is intresting because they do remind us of life before and always light parts of my curiosity!
An intresting video and a nice brake from MRE´s if you ask me do tese from time to time, always fun to se other parts of the world!
5:00 reminds me of the wampanoag reservation in Assonet, lots of ruins like that in the woods
Great video G, that place looks interesting. On our property there used to be an old school. The hand dug well is still in good shape and full of water. Went metal detecting there a few times, and literally got tired of digging up nails so I gave up on that spot. Excellent job. 👍
Cool vid, very interesting.
I've done much hiking in Quabbin over the years, yet the area you were in (the two cellar holes) looks unfamiliar to me. The Gate was not numbered - you said New Salem. That encompasses a large area - Gates 22 thru 35. When at the shore, it most certainly looked like gate 22 to the shore (recognized islands Mt. L, Mt Russ, & further south Curtis, Pomeroy, & Mt. Liz.) Still curious as to those cellar holes, though. Not anything on the gate 22 route, to my memory.
Unless he went in through Gates 18 or 19, I don't think that he went into Prescott. Gates 17, 20 and 21 all have tall fence gates; and only 18 and 19 have barway gates. The area also doesn't look like Poor Farm Road in Prescott; and from there to the water would take a LONG time. I'm guessing that he was in New Salem, between Gates 22 and 29.
Stone walls marked property lines only coincidentally. Those old farmers had plenty of work to do; and they didn't dig up stones, haul them to their property lines, with a horse and a stone boat, just to serve as a property border. They built them a certain way, depending on whether they planned to use the cleared and plowed land for crops, for hay or for pastures. A blaze on a tree, or a Virginia Rail fence, served to mark property boundaries just as well as a stone wall; and they required much less labor and time to build.
Regarding the pile of cut lumber at the end, I don't think that they were from the 1930s, since the "1938 hurricane lumber" was cut and stored, in local ponds, until it could be brought to sawmills. It is more likely to be, as he suggests, "hurricane lumber" from the 1950s, or lumber from trees blown down in a storm, after the reservoir was filled.
These logs are likely white pine; and they are "nurse logs" giving a place for other trees to grow. Years from now, when the logs have rotted away, the now-young trees will be older trees which appear to stand on tiptoe.
Are you in New England??
Yes,hes in New Salem MA
Interesting, not too often that youtube channels i follow end up making videos 20mins from my house lol.
I was waiting for you to find a cigar box under a rock that clearly didn't belong in one of those stone walls. Hehehe...
I GO THERE ALL THE TIME may have seem u before
What gate #
Such a cool video. Very well done. I wish I could loop the audio of that 20 seconds down by the water and listen to it for an hour. Haha
More of these would be awesome.
Time to bring someone like Aquachigger to the site and do some metal detecting if they allow it! That's awesome!
Great video. I really love stuff like that. Next time you should bring a Metal detector. That would be fun to see what you could find. 😁😁😁
Can you recommend other channels that has these type of videos?
Metal detectors are illegal, at Quabbin.
I would love to take my electric bike out there.
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That was amazing footage - thanks so much for sharing this! Happy New Year 🎆 🥳🎉
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This is how Blair witch happened my dude
Video totally gives me Blair Witch vibes--but in a good way!