What's New at Crystal Lake?
Benches Donated at Crystal Lake by family of Preston Settles
In February of 2022 Newton teenager Preston Settles died after collapsing on the court during a basketball game. Preston loved to fish and, in his memory, his family donated benches that are incorporated in the new fishing dock at Levingston cove. Lake Water Quality Has Maintained High Level
The attractiveness of Crystal Lake for uses of all kinds has continued to grow, with record numbers of people enjoying the lake in recent years – a growth accentuated by COVID as people wanted to cool off in outdoor, socially-distanced way.
The good news is that the CLC monitoring program has shown no deterioration in water quality since the early part of the last decade. We venture out in a rowboat from April through November to test for temperature, clarity, dissolved oxygen, E. Coli and Enterococci and nutrients (the latter three contracted out to a lab). Click here for full details |
Unusual Goose at Crystal Lake
Most people ignore the numerous Canada Geese that are often found on Crystal Lake, but in January 2023 many birders were scanning the water to see an unusual goose that was flocking with the Canada Geese. The goose, called a Barnacle Goose, is native to Europe and usually spends winters in Ireland or the UK. In the summers, they migrate to Iceland, Greenland or northern Russia to breed. Click here to read the full story! Levingston Cove Improvements
Browse the Levingston Cove Improvement Fact Sheet or go to the City of Newton website for more information on the cove improvement project under way at Crystal Lake Fish Stocking at Crystal Lake
Every year, Mass. Division of Wildlife and Fisheries stock rainbow trout at Crystal Lake as part of an annual state-wide stocking program.... |
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