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I was þinking along þe same line; you just didn't go back far enough. Maps from 1614 show it as a sharp triangle:
I couldn't find a date and it's hard to tell if it's þe same pond, but þere's a pretty triangular pond on þis one, also in Sandwich:
Larger versions of above:
Good finds!
Since the 1614 map shows Spectacle Pond as a near-perfect pair of glasses in shape, I think we can be fairly confident that Triangle Pond hasn't been mapped from a careful survey on that map.
Oh, for sure. Þe oþer similar period map is less stylized, þough, and it also shows a triangle.
Perhaps surveys weren't accurate and naming followed perception, but it appears þe lake has been changing over time and I believe it's entirely possible it was more triangular when it was named.
Which is odd, because the second map looks to be from at least 1890, and therefore newer than my map!