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Walking Tour of Jamaica Pond

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society on a trip around the Jamaica Pond. Once a gathering point for Boston’s elite, the Pond had previously been put to  industrial use as tons of ice were harvested there each winter. Learn about the movers and shakers such as the imminent historian Francis Parkman who made their homes on the Pond’s shores. Discover how the Pond was transformed from private estates and warehouses into a jewel in the "Emerald Necklace" that we know today.

Meet your guide by the boathouse.  Tours are cancelled in case of heavy rain.

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