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January 31, 1979. The Island Pond Historic District encompasses a portion of the village of Island Pond in the town of Brighton, Vermont. The village was established in the 19th century as the halfway point in the Grand Trunk Railway, an international railroad connecting Portland, Maine and Montreal. Island Pond was a major service center for ...
Brighton State Park is a state park in Island Pond, Vermont. [ 1 ] The park features a campground on the 102-acre Spectacle Pond, which is mostly undeveloped. [ 2 ] There is also a day use beach and bathhouse located on 600-acre Island Pond [ 3 ] just a half mile from the campground. Activities includes boating, swimming, camping, fishing ...
50-35725 [1] GNIS feature ID. 1457977 [2] Island Pond is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Brighton in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 750 at the 2020 census. [3] It is part of the Berlin, NH –VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Island Pond began to lose its significance as a major railroad town towards the end of the 1950s due to the elimination of steam locomotives. Around 1960 passenger service to Portland ended, and three years later, diesel locomotive repairs ceased. In 1966 the roundhouse was closed, and the staff working in Island Pond was reduced.
The Northeast Kingdom (also, locally, " The Kingdom " [1][2] and abbreviated NEK) is the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Vermont, approximately comprising Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia counties and with a population of 64,764 at the 2010 census. The term "Northeast Kingdom" is attributed to George D. Aiken, former Governor of Vermont and ...
Maidstone State Park is located in rural western Maidstone, on the south and east sides of Maidstone Lake. The park consists of two separate areas, one for day use, and other for camping and hiking, accessed by Maidstone Lake Road. The day use area, about 40 acres (16 ha) in size, includes a beach, picnic area with large CCC-built pavilion, and ...
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September 19, 2024 at 12:04 PM. A Taylor Swift-themed event at a Fort Mill restaurant has been postponed after political comments online threatened to flood the event with people wearing Trump ...