Wachusett Reservoir<\/a>, lac de 18 kilom\u00e8tres quarr\u00e9 au Nord-Est de Worcester dont la construction du barrage a \u00e9t\u00e9 achev\u00e9e en 1905, et maintenant c’est au tour du George H. Nichols, plus petit (1.3 km2), beaucoup plus r\u00e9cent (son barrage a \u00e9t\u00e9 achev\u00e9 en 2012) et situ\u00e9 \u00e0 l’Est de la ville.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNous y sommes all\u00e9s deux fois, la premi\u00e8re le long de la berge Nord jusqu’\u00e0 la gare de Westborough et le week-end suivant le long de la berge Sud jusqu’\u00e0 la Assabet River. Le 16 mai les bourgeons \u00e9taient pr\u00eats \u00e0 exploser et les foug\u00e8res \u00e0 l’ombre des arbres commen\u00e7aient tout juste \u00e0 se d\u00e9rouler. Le 23 mai, nous nous sommes promen\u00e9s dans la lumi\u00e8re vert clair des jeunes feuilles et nous avons rencontr\u00e9 une famille de cygnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVue de la berge Nord du George H. Nichols Reservoir depuis le barrage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCyrus en position pour observer les cygnes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nKayakistes explorant une des \u00eeles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nKayakistes et feuilles de n\u00e9nuphars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nJeunes foug\u00e8res<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Jeune \u00e9cureuil se cachant dans les feuilles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nVers Worcester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nGare de Westborough, direction Boston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nGare de Westborough, direction Boston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNous sommes sur le barrage de la retenue d’eau construit en 2012 – \u00e0 gauche la rivi\u00e8re en aval du barrage et \u00e0 droite le syst\u00e8me de r\u00e9gulation du niveau d’eau du r\u00e9servoir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSyst\u00e8me de r\u00e9gulation du niveau d’eau du r\u00e9servoir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCyrus grimpant aux arbres<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>Chemin dans les marais de la berge Sud<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFamille de cygnes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTroncs d’arbres morts, les pieds dans l’eau, en hiver lorsque les lacs sont gel\u00e9s \u00e7a donne des paysages un peu fant\u00f4matiques.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAssabet River – l’une des rivi\u00e8res alimentant le George H. Nichols Reservoir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"En cette p\u00e9riode du Covid-19, on a tendance \u00e0 rester proche de chez soi et lorsqu’on veut se balader ce sont des sorties sur la journ\u00e9e, c’est l’occasion de d\u00e9couvrir ou re-d\u00e9couvrir les environs. Dans la r\u00e9gion de Worcester il y a plusieurs grands r\u00e9servoirs d’eau potable. Il y a quelques semaines nous \u00e9tions all\u00e9s … <\/p>\n
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