Belle Isle Marsh Reservation

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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

Landscape of the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation

Landscape of the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation

location East Boston , Suffolk County in Massachusetts (USA)
surface 61.5 ha
Geographical location 42 ° 23 ′  N , 70 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 23 ′ 20 "  N , 70 ° 59 ′ 26"  W
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Massachusetts
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
Setup date 1985
Framework plan Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
administration Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation

The area Belle Isle Marsh Reservation is a 152 acres (about 615,000 sqm ) great State Park in Boston district of East Boston in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . The park is administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston .

description

At 152 acres, the boundaries of the reserve encompass around 63% of the total of 241 acres of Belle Isle Marsh , the last remaining salt marsh within Boston . In the pre-settlement period, salt marshes were very common along the Massachusetts Bay coast . In the protected area there are a variety of plants, fish and shellfish typical of this landscape , which is extremely rare for a metropolitan region . In the park there are paths and paths close to the landscape, benches and an observation tower. Part of the Boston Harborwalk also runs through the reserve.

history

The area used to be actually an island and was named next to Belle Isle also Hog's Island and later also Breeds Island . Part of the original island is now Orient Heights .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friends of Belle Isle Marsh . Retrieved January 8, 2010.
  2. ^ Protected and Recreational OpenSpace. Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, accessed June 3, 2012 .
  3. Brief description of the park. Commonwealt of Massachusetts, Retrieved December 1, 2019 .
  4. Island Facts: Belle Isle. National Park Service , accessed June 3, 2012 .

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