The rafts at Hopedale Pond were sold and taken to Mashpee in December 2010. |
The bathhouse in 2010. |
The beach at Hopedale Pond - 1945 |
Articles like these were in the Milford News every summer for many years. |
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Pond, Park, and Sports Menu Swimming at Hopedale Pond - YouTube Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 NEAAU Swimming meets, Hopedale Pond, 1938, 1939 The pond is open! Park Department History HOME . |
Attendance at the pond peaked in 1968 when the number who signed in to swim reached 18,387. Swim lessons passed were 196 that year. Attendance in 1970 was 17,620, but by 1972, it had dropped to 7395. It went back up into the 12,000s for a couple of years. Numbers weren't recorded after 1974. These statistics are from the Park Department history. There's a link to it in the text box at the bottom of the page. |
I don't think I've ever been quoted in the News with fewer than two or three mistakes. The article above is no exception. It's not Lake Singleton, it's Lake Singletary, and it's certainly not smaller than Hopedale Pond.. I don't know how that line about birds and trees fits into the picture, but I presume it must refer to a discussion about the early days of the Parklands. |