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Joe's Pond is the largest body of water in the state to be called a "pond". It lies at 1,551 feet above sea level and measures roughly three miles at its length by three-quarters of a mile at its width. It covers 393 acres and its depth has been measured at about 100 feet. The Vermont Department of Water Resources tells us that "it was formed during the Pleistocene glaciations under stagnating ice conditions." Fascinating, perhaps, but, dry statistics and dull quotes don't give us the complete picture of Joe's Pond.
So, Who is Joe, Anyway?
The pond used to be called 'Sozap Nebees' - Sozap means Joseph, Nebees means pond or stream - in the language of the Abnaki, a branch of the Algonquin Indians who lived in the local area. Joe's Pond, and neighboring Molly's Pond, were officially named after members of the Micmac Indian tribe, Joe and his wife, Molly, by the Vermont state legislature on June 11, 1785 in recognition of their service in teaching necessary survival skills to the area's early settlers.
We're in a Joe's Pond State of Mind
They might not quite work as lyrics for a song, but if you spend any amount of time here, you'll understand what we mean. This is a place that is definitely greater than the sum of its component parts - clean water, clear air, unrestricted nature. All these things are wonderful, and we have them in abundance all over the state, but on Joe's Pond, these ingredients seem to work together in such a way that anyone who comes here feels that they really have gotten away from it all and left the world far behind.
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