longer version correct. The humorous translation is: "You fish on your side, I'll fish on my side, and no one shall fish in the middle". Its humorous translation was perhaps invented by Laurence J. Daly, editor of The Webster Times. According to Ives Goddard, Curator of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution, Daly created this "monstrosity" around 1921, though this is probably not correct, as the name was in use as early as c1910 on postcards. Spellings of the long name vary; in 2009, following six years of press reports, the local Chamber of Commerce agreed to have the spelling changed on its signs, but a 45-letter version of the name arrayed in a semicircle is still used. Webster public schools use one long form of the name in various capacities. Geography Webster Lake is a lake with a shoreline in southern Massachusetts, near the Connecticut border. It is the third largest fresh body of water in Massachusetts, after slightly larger Long Pond, and the much larger Quabbin Reservoir. The average depth is and the maximum depth is . Although the lake is natural in origin, its outlet has a dam that raises the water level by roughly . The dam initially provided water for a mill, and subsequently the water rights to the lake were owned by Cranston Print Works; currently, the dam is owned by Webster Lake Preservation LLC. The lake is commonly divided into three smaller bodies of water: North Pond, Middle Pond, and South Pond. They are connected by narrow channels. Islands Webster Lake has about 7–8 islands. Some have houses and are habitable; a few are extremely small and uninhabitable. They include: Long Island: The largest island in Webster Lake. It has many homes and has electric power lines, underground/underwater municipal water and sewer service, and several fire hydrants. It is in the Middle Pond. Goat Island: The second largest island. It has a few homes and boats. It is in the Middle Pond but isolated from the cluster of islands that include Long Island. Well Island: A smaller island with one house west of Long Island in the Middle Pond. Strip Island: Generally northeast of Long Island and north of Cobble Island with one house, also in the Middle Pond. Cobble Island: East of Long Island, in the Middle Pond. Little Island: In South Pond, right out of the no wake zone from the Middle