Northfield Selectboard Backs Name for ‘Pauchaug-Schell Bridge Greenway’

An article in the Greenfield Recorder, by Zack DeLuca
Published June 2, 2021 Link here

Contemporarily, [Jacques] said Northfield residents may think of Pauchaug in relation to the Pauchaug Brook Boat Launch. However, she said the whole area has “been known as Pauchaug for hundreds if not thousands of years.” The Pauchaug Brook Wildlife Management Area spans the territory from the east side of the Connecticut River in Northfield toward Routes 10 and 63, and up from the Pauchaug Ramp Road to the New Hampshire state line.

According to Jacque, the Indigenous word “Pauchaug” also has multiple rough translations. One translation, she said, means “at the crossing,” while another translation means “at the clear place.”

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