Image: Tennant postcard of "The Lake," c.1910.
Description: Terramuggus Lake is town-owned. It has an area of 83 acres, a maximum depth of 43 feet and a mean depth of 21.4 feet. Homes have been built around most of the lake, and much of the remaining area is used for municipal or lake association beaches. The lake has a public boat launch open to Marlborough residents, but motors greater than 3.3 hp are banned. Terramuggus is an oligotrophic lake with low diversity and low abundance of aquatic plants. Only seven submerged species were found in the lake during a July 2004 survey, all of them native plants. Plants grew sparsely in widely scattered patches; some areas supported filamentous algae or Charaphyte, but no plants or algae at all grew on much of the lake bottom.
Sources: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website: http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2799&q=376144
Image from the Historical Collection at the Richmond Memorial Library
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Image: Copy print of postcard, "Lake Terramuggus, Marlborough, Conn." From the Town Beach, looking South. C. 1905
Description: Terramuggus Lake is town-owned. It has an area of 83 acres, a maximum depth of 43 feet and a mean depth of 21.4 feet. Homes have been built around most of the lake, and much of the remaining area is used for municipal or lake association beaches. The lake has a public boat launch open to Marlborough residents, but motors greater than 3.3 hp are banned. Terramuggus is an oligotrophic lake with low diversity and low abundance of aquatic plants. Only seven submerged species were found in the lake during a July 2004 survey, all of them native plants. Plants grew sparsely in widely scattered patches; some areas supported filamentous algae or Charaphyte, but no plants or algae at all grew on much of the lake bottom.
Sources: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website: http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2799&q=376144
Image from the Historical Collection at the Richmond Memorial Library
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Image: Hughes Postcard, "A bit of Lake Terramuggus, Marlborough, Conn." c. 1925
Description: Terramuggus Lake is town-owned. It has an area of 83 acres, a maximum depth of 43 feet and a mean depth of 21.4 feet. Homes have been built around most of the lake, and much of the remaining area is used for municipal or lake association beaches. The lake has a public boat launch open to Marlborough residents, but motors greater than 3.3 hp are banned. Terramuggus is an oligotrophic lake with low diversity and low abundance of aquatic plants. Only seven submerged species were found in the lake during a July 2004 survey, all of them native plants. Plants grew sparsely in widely scattered patches; some areas supported filamentous algae or Charaphyte, but no plants or algae at all grew on much of the lake bottom.
Sources: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website: http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2799&q=376144
Image from the Historical Collection at the Richmond Memorial Library
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Image: Hughes postcard, "Blish Cottage, Lake Terramuggus, Marlborough, Conn." c. 1925
Description: The Blish family owned and operated cottages on the lake and rented them out to vacationers. Most of these cottages are no longer standing. Terramuggus Lake is town-owned. It has an area of 83 acres, a maximum depth of 43 feet and a mean depth of 21.4 feet. Homes have been built around most of the lake, and much of the remaining area is used for municipal or lake association beaches. The lake has a public boat launch open to Marlborough residents, but motors greater than 3.3 hp are banned. Terramuggus is an oligotrophic lake with low diversity and low abundance of aquatic plants. Only seven submerged species were found in the lake during a July 2004 survey, all of them native plants. Plants grew sparsely in widely scattered patches; some areas supported filamentous algae or Charaphyte, but no plants or algae at all grew on much of the lake bottom.
Sources: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website: http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2799&q=376144
Image from the Historical Collection at the Richmond Memorial Library
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Image: Copy print of the pavilion, c. 1935.
Description: The Blish Family owned and operated the pavilion and cottages on the Lake for several years. The current Pavilion is located on the spot of this historic pavilion. Terramuggus Lake is town-owned. It has an area of 83 acres, a maximum depth of 43 feet and a mean depth of 21.4 feet. Homes have been built around most of the lake, and much of the remaining area is used for municipal or lake association beaches. The lake has a public boat launch open to Marlborough residents, but motors greater than 3.3 hp are banned. Terramuggus is an oligotrophic lake with low diversity and low abundance of aquatic plants. Only seven submerged species were found in the lake during a July 2004 survey, all of them native plants. Plants grew sparsely in widely scattered patches; some areas supported filamentous algae or Charaphyte, but no plants or algae at all grew on much of the lake bottom.
Sources: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website: http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2799&q=376144
Image from the Historical Collection at the Richmond Memorial Library
Notes: Note that the roof of the pavilion has tiles that make out the word, "Bath House".

Image: Postcard, "Lake Terramuggus, Marlborough, Conn." From the Hall Beach, the southwest corner of the lake. c. 1955.
Description: Terramuggus Lake is town-owned. It has an area of 83 acres, a maximum depth of 43 feet and a mean depth of 21.4 feet. Homes have been built around most of the lake, and much of the remaining area is used for municipal or lake association beaches. The lake has a public boat launch open to Marlborough residents, but motors greater than 3.3 hp are banned. Terramuggus is an oligotrophic lake with low diversity and low abundance of aquatic plants. Only seven submerged species were found in the lake during a July 2004 survey, all of them native plants. Plants grew sparsely in widely scattered patches; some areas supported filamentous algae or Charaphyte, but no plants or algae at all grew on much of the lake bottom.
Sources: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website: http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2799&q=376144
Image from the Historical Collection at the Richmond Memorial Library
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Image: Print of a ski plane on Lake Terramuggus. c.1947.
Description: Terramuggus Lake is town-owned. It has an area of 83 acres, a maximum depth of 43 feet and a mean depth of 21.4 feet. Homes have been built around most of the lake, and much of the remaining area is used for municipal or lake association beaches. The lake has a public boat launch open to Marlborough residents, but motors greater than 3.3 hp are banned. Terramuggus is an oligotrophic lake with low diversity and low abundance of aquatic plants. Only seven submerged species were found in the lake during a July 2004 survey, all of them native plants. Plants grew sparsely in widely scattered patches; some areas supported filamentous algae or Charaphyte, but no plants or algae at all grew on much of the lake bottom.
Sources: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website: http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2799&q=376144
Image from the Historical Collection at the Richmond Memorial Library
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Image: Postcard looking out from the public beach to the east shore, unknown date.
Description: Terramuggus Lake is town-owned. It has an area of 83 acres, a maximum depth of 43 feet and a mean depth of 21.4 feet. Homes have been built around most of the lake, and much of the remaining area is used for municipal or lake association beaches. The lake has a public boat launch open to Marlborough residents, but motors greater than 3.3 hp are banned. Terramuggus is an oligotrophic lake with low diversity and low abundance of aquatic plants. Only seven submerged species were found in the lake during a July 2004 survey, all of them native plants. Plants grew sparsely in widely scattered patches; some areas supported filamentous algae or Charaphyte, but no plants or algae at all grew on much of the lake bottom.
Sources: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station website: http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2799&q=376144
Image from the Historical Collection at the Richmond Memorial Library
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