Lost Lake is in the town of Westford near Beaver Dam. "Many of us have probably wondered why the little lake in Town of Westford is called 'Lost Lake.' The Citizen in its issue of Oct. 15, 1869, states that "The name arose from the fact that many years ago, when a party of government surveyors were in the locality, one of the party became mired in the marsh at the outlet of the lake, went down, and was never seen again." We are informed by the way, that there is no visible inlet or outlet to the lake, and the outlet spoken of above is where the water is supposed to sink into the ground to come out again at the Beaver Dam pond.

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[Source: Beaver Dam Citizen. July 1, 1941.]