Runaway Pond

Runaway Pond is a Vermont historical marker in Glover, Orleans County.

State Route 16, 5 miles south of Glover, Glover

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On this site, on June 6, 1810 settlers dug an outlet to the north from what was then known as Long Pond. The retaining bank collapsed, causing all water from the 1.5-mile long pond to be discharged toward Barton River, and on to Lake Memphremagog, with extensive damage to the countryside, but no loss of life.

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1810 · United States of America, northern part. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1813 · New Hampshire. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Vermont (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Vermont, 1816, covering the location of Runaway Pond, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont, 1816, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

Runaway Pond

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