Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Lake

Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Lake
or Lake Webster

Lake, central Massachusetts, U.S. Located in southern Worcester county, near the town of Webster, the lake's Indian name is reportedly Nipmuc (Algonquian) for "You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle.

" Not surprisingly, the lake is commonly called Lake Webster.

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