Near Revolution Way east of Neponset Street, on the right when traveling north.
A View Across Time
Imagine stepping back in time and history. This place has witnessed centuries of change. Once a lush, green woodland, it later became a bustling industrial hub. In recent decades, it faced challenges, but thanks to dedicated . . . — — Map (db m308742) HM
Near Revere Street, on the left when traveling north.
PONKAPOAG
For thousands of years this land has been inhabited
inhabited by the Massachusett Tribe.
Their seat of power was at the nearby mountain called massa-adchu-es-et (now
Great Blue Hill). They called this area Ponkapoag (today Canton, . . . — — Map (db m308307) HM
On Washington Street (Massachusetts Route 138) south of Homans Lane, on the right when traveling south.
The north line of Ponkapoag Plantation second of the Apostle Eliot's Praying Indian towns, set apart by the Dorchester Proprietors in 1657. — — Map (db m308384) HM
On Adams Street at Churchills Lane, on the right when traveling east on Adams Street.
Churchill's Lane. When the Indians sold their land near the mouth of the Neponset River they removed to the territory south of the Blue Hills, which they called Ponkapoag, sweet water. — — Map (db m308385) HM
On East Squantum Street north of Lexington Street, on the right when traveling north.
Before colonial times, Native Americans would have seen creeks and wetlands here in Quincy Bay, which provided them with abundant sources of food: shellfish, fish, waterfowl, and migratory birds even whales. They lived here during spring and . . . — — Map (db m308383) HM
On Sea Street at Willow Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Sea Street.
Algonquin speaking hunter-gatherers arrived in southeast New England thousands of years ago. The Massachusett tribe inhabited the land along the Mystic, Charles, Nesponset, Montiquot, and North Rivers, and much of the interior territory. Their . . . — — Map (db m308386) HM
On Healthy Heart Trail 0.3 miles east of Union Street, on the right when traveling east.
Josiah Wompatuck was born in 1627. He was the son of Chief Chikataubut of the Massachusetts tribe. In 1633, Chief Chikataubut died of smallpox and Wompatuck was taken in and raised by his uncle, a member of the Wampanoag tribe. Wompatuck became . . . — — Map (db m308387) HM
