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Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest is a publicly owned recreational forest in northeastern Massachusetts spanning Lowell, Dracut, and Tyngsborough. Covering a little more than 1,100 acres, including roughly 180 acres of ponds, swamps, and wetlands, it is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The land passed from Mohawk, Huron, and Wowenocks Native Americans to western settlers and later became part of the Pawtucket Falls Indian Reservation. In 1941, Thomas Varnum sold several hundred acres of Hawk Valley Farm to the state, helping establish the forest. Today it is used chiefly for hiking, biking, horseback riding, skiing, snowmobiling, fishing, and restricted hunting.
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