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\"\"<\/a>Way up north in Vermont, in the territory known as the Northeast Kingdom, there was a man-made disaster 200 years ago.<\/p>\n

Citizens of Glover, Vermont caused a natural dam to break, and created a huge flood whose waters reached 20 miles north to the Canadian border.<\/p>\n

The site, called Runaway Pond, is now a placid meadow, as the pond is no more.<\/p>\n

An important old Vermont map – published the very same year as the disaster – is excerpted below.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>A new edition of the Whitelaw map of Vermont was issued the same year as the flood (1810) , so the entry has the feel of a breaking news story.<\/p>\n

“This Pond was the source of the Lamoelle River June 6, 1810 when it broke its northern bounds…”<\/p>\n

This map shows the pond’s pre-flood shape and the northerly stream which leads to the Barton River and drains into Lake Memphremagog.<\/p>\n

The prior map is seen below – note the differences in the stream’s engraving.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The original Whitelaw map, 1796, shows the pond along the Glover\/Greensboro Town Line, and the stream heading south which eventually drains into Lake Champlain.<\/p>\n

The northerly stream is not connected to Runaway Pond on this 1796 map.<\/p>\n


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