Mystic Lakes (Boston)

As a consequence, the sediments at the bottom of Lower Mystic Lake accumulate in annual layers (or varves) that have been nearly undisturbed for a thousand years.

In the case of Lower Mystic Lake, the varves have been used by Mark Besonen and his collaborators to study the historical incidence of hurricanes.

[6][7][8] The eastern shore of the lakes is part of the Mystic River Reservation managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

[9] In the 1600s, the Squaw Sachem of Mistick, who deeded much of the land in Greater Boston to settlers, resided near the Mystics Lakes.

[10] An indigenous burial site from the 1600s, possibly of sachems Nanepashemet or Montowompate, was discovered in 1862 just east of the Mystic lakes and was memorialized as Sagamore Park.

Map with Upper and Lower Mystic Lakes