Bungay River

The Bungay River is a short river in southeastern Massachusetts that is a tributary of the Ten Mile River.

The Bungay River begins in Witch Pond in Foxborough, Massachusetts at an altitude about convert|157|ft|m above sea level. It flows south through Greenwood Lake and through North Attleboro and Attleboro. It enters the Ten Mile River in Attleboro and ultimately empties into Narragansett Bay. Its water basin area is convert|6.5|mi2|km2.

According to published judgments by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, the river flows through the best red maple swamp in Massachusetts and provides some of the best canoeing across the state. It and surrounding wetlands are under study as wildlife preservation areas.

Tributaries

The West Branch and Black Brook are the only named tributaries, though there are many unamed streams that also feed it.

Bungay Lake

Bungay Lake (AKA Greenwood Lake) is a convert|110|acre|km2|sing=on private lake in North Attleboro and Mansfield MA. It was first formed by a dam on the Bungay River in the 1700s near its confluence with the West Branch. It is classified as class A water and is the only body of water in the Ten Mile watershed that is monitored by the Bungay Lake Associates and not the Ten Mile River Watershed Council.

References

* [http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri994287/ USGS article by M.A. Horn]
* [http://www.mass.gov/envir/water/tenMile/tenMile.htm Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs]
* [http://iaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/enviro_v2.wcontrol?p_id305b=MA52-06 Environmental Protection Agency]
* Bungay Lake Associates [http://www.bungaylake.com]