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Turners Falls, Massachusetts

Turners Falls is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Montague in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,470 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to the Hallmark Institute of Photography.

Located at 42.5989, -72.5569 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Montague, Massachusetts, Census-designated places in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Early American industrial centers, Historic districts in Massachusetts, Populated places on the Connecticut River, Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area

Barton Island

Barton Island is a small island in the Connecticut River, near Barton Cove, in Gill, Massachusetts, USA. The island is southeast of Riverside (neighborhood) and far southwest of the Chappell Drive & Mohawk Trail road intersection. The island is heavily forested in three separate sections of the island. These three separate sections of the islands are connected by possible runoff sediment and/or other form of soil.

Located at 42.6029, -72.5412 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Islands of Massachusetts, Landforms of Franklin County, Massachusetts, River islands of North America

Turners Falls Canal

The Turners Falls Canal, also historically known as the Montague Canal, was a canal along the Connecticut River in Montague, Massachusetts. It was reconstructed in 1869 and is now known as the Power Canal. The canal was first completed in 1798 by the Proprietors of the Upper Locks and Canals on Connecticut River under a charter granted on February 23, 1792, by the Massachusetts legislature and Governor John Hancock.

Located at 42.6103, -72.5536 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Canals in Massachusetts, Transportation in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Geography of Franklin County, Massachusetts, Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Massachusetts

Gill–Montague Bridge

The Gill–Montague Bridge is a steel deck truss bridge crossing the Connecticut River in Massachusetts. It connects the Town of Gill with the village of Turners Falls in the Town of Montague. The bridge carries automobile and pedestrian traffic.

Located at 42.6111, -72.5531 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Montague, Massachusetts, Bridges completed in 1938, Bridges over the Connecticut River, Bridges in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Road bridges in Massachusetts

Connecticut River Greenway State Park

Connecticut River Greenway State Park consists of a number of separate state land holdings in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. The park includes critical wildlife and plant habitat as well as areas providing public access to the Connecticut River.

Located at 42.6076, -72.5417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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State parks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts natural resources, Parks in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Parks in Hampden County, Massachusetts, Parks in Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Turners Falls Road Bridge

The Turners Falls Road Bridge (officially White Bridge) is a concrete and steel road bridge over the Connecticut River in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It carries Turners Falls Road and connects the town center of Greenfield and the village of Turners Falls (in the town of Montague).

Located at 42.6092, -72.5614 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bridges over the Connecticut River, Montague, Massachusetts, Bridges completed in 1871, Bridges completed in 1936, Bridges in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Road bridges in Massachusetts

Battle of Turner's Falls

The Battle of Turner's Falls, also known as the Peskeompscut massacre, was fought on May 19, 1676, during King Philip's War, in present-day Gill, Massachusetts, near a falls on the Connecticut River. The site is across the river from the village of Turners Falls. A band of English colonists under the command of Captain William Turner fell upon the poorly guarded Indian village of Peskeompscut near the falls at dawn, slaughtering many of its inhabitants.

Located at 42.6129, -72.5494 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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King Philip's War, Pre-statehood history of Massachusetts, Conflicts in 1676, 1676 in the Thirteen Colonies, Battles involving Native Americans

Fall River (Connecticut River)

The Fall River is a 14.1-mile-long river in southern Vermont and northern Massachusetts, joining the Connecticut River just downstream from Turners Falls, Massachusetts. The river rises on the eastern slopes of East Mountain in Guilford, Vermont, and flows southward into Bernardston, Massachusetts. For nearly its entire length in Bernardston it is followed by U.S. Route 5 and Interstate 91, flowing for most of that distance between the two highways.

Located at 42.6139, -72.5522 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Rivers of Vermont, Rivers of Franklin County, Massachusetts, Tributaries of the Connecticut River