About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Charles River, Merrimack River, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Newton, Massachusetts, Watertown, Massachusetts, List of crossings of the Charles River, Egg Rock, Vine Brook, Concord River, Merrimack Valley, Mystic River, List of crossings of the Merrimack River, Charles River Reservation, Head of the Charles Regatta, Malden River, List of Charles River boathouses, Norumbega Park, Anderson Memorial Bridge, Charles River Natural Valley Storage Area, Middlesex Canal, Upper Charles River Reservation, Mother Brook, Charles River Dam, Hemlock Gorge Reservation, Echo Bridge, Assabet River, Charles River Bike Path, Charles River Reservation Parkways, Cutler Park, Lowell's Boat Shop, Watertown Dam, Ipswich River, Lowell Mills, Shawsheen River, Sudbury River, Stony Brook, Mill River, Squannacook River, Salmon Brook, Skug River, Nissitissit River, Great Bridge, Beaver Brook, Millers River. Excerpt: Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two internationally prominent universities, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 105,162. It is the fifth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and Lowell. Cambridge is one of the two county seats of Middlesex County (Lowell is the other). A resident of Cambridge is known as a Cantabrigian. The site for what would become Cambridge was chosen in December 1630, because it was located safely up river from Boston Harbor, which made it easily defensible from attacks by enemy ships. Also, the water from the local spring was so good that the local Native Am...
