. . "Location of the USGS Hydrologic Unit, .4 mi downstream from diversion from Charles River."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Mother Brook"@en . . . . . . . . "POINT(-71.16471862793 42.255001068115)"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "approximate using MapMyRun"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "4218214"^^ . . . . . . . . "Mother Brook"@en . "136598"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "42.25500106811523"^^ . "Mother Brook is a stream that flows from the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts, to the Neponset River in the Hyde Park section of Boston, Massachusetts. Mother Brook was also known variously as East Brook and Mill Creek in earlier times. Digging the brook made Boston and some surrounding communities an island, accessible only by crossing over water, making Mother Brook \"Massachusetts' Panama Canal.\""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1116465693"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "5793.6384"^^ . . . . "42.255 -71.16472222222222" . "approximate using MapMyRun"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "16.764"^^ . . . . . . . "State"@en . . . . "Country"@en . . . "approximate using MapMyRun"@en . "Mother Brook"@en . . . . . . . . . "-71.16471862792969"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A sculpture at Mill Pond Park along the banks of Mother Brook."@en . . "First man-made canal in the United States."@en . . . . "30"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Mother Brook is a stream that flows from the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts, to the Neponset River in the Hyde Park section of Boston, Massachusetts. Mother Brook was also known variously as East Brook and Mill Creek in earlier times. Digging the brook made Boston and some surrounding communities an island, accessible only by crossing over water, making Mother Brook \"Massachusetts' Panama Canal.\" Dug by English settlers in 1639 to power a grist mill, it is the oldest such canal in North America. Mother Brook was important to Dedham as its only source of water power for mills, from 1639 into the early 20th century. Today, Mother Brook is part of a flood-control system that diverts water from the Charles River to the Neponset River. The brook's flow is under the control of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and is used for flood control on the Charles. There are three remaining dams on the stream, plus a movable floodgate that controls flow from the Charles into Mother Brook. The brook has given its name to the modern day Mother Brook Community Group, the Mother Brook Arts and Community Center, Riverside Theatre Works, and the erstwhile Mother Brook Club and Mother Brook Coalition."@en . . .