Runaway Pond
Marsh in Glover, Vermont, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Runaway Pond is a marsh at the former site of Long Pond in Glover, Vermont. The name arose from an environmental disaster in 1810, when a manual attempt to divert some of the water of Long Pond broke the bank, causing the entire lake to suddenly empty out into the Barton River, uncontrolled.
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Location | Glover, Orleans County, Vermont, United States |
Coordinates | 44°38′05″N 72°12′42″W |
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The site is located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of what is today the central village of Glover.[1]