Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is located entirely within the Town of Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, immediately to the north of the Connecticut line and nearby to the Rhode Island line as well. The folk translation is a definite allegory for social roles and for hierarchical norms, especially regarding the unfortunate realities of racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and additional forms of discrimination: “I fish on my side, you fish on your side, nobody fishes in the middle.” However, the more accurate translation regarding the middle of the lake is a translation that is not distorted by capitalism or other concerns.
