It is a warmwater eutrophic pond with extensive aquatic vegetation and a mostly mud bottom, though with sandy shorelines.

[1] According to tradition, Francis Billington climbed up a tree and spotted what he called a "great sea," believing it to be the Pacific Ocean.

He and one of the Mayflower's crew members went to explore the sea, but became alarmed when they saw some abandoned Native American houses.

[2][3] A single public boat launch site is located at Morton Town Park on the north shore.

[1] In addition to largemouth bass, the pond also contains pickerel, smallmouth bass, brook trout, black crappie, yellow perch, sunfishes such as pumpkinseed and bluegill, golden shiner, banded killifish, white perch, white sucker, and brown bullhead.