Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
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Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
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 Map of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area |
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| location | In Norfolk , Plymouth and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts , United States | |
| surface | 5.2 km² | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 19 ' N , 70 ° 57' W | |
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| Setup date | November 12, 1996 | |
| Framework plan | Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston | |
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National Park Service , Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation |
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The area Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is a 520 hectares large National Recreation Area , consisting of the islands in Boston Harbor and the waterfront a few islands in Boston in the state of Massachusetts of the United States is. The sanctuary is administered by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership , which includes the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the National Park Service , and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston .
Most of the islands are open to the public, while some are very small and have been left to nature. Also within the reserve is the Boston Harbor Islands State Park , administered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 21 of the 34 islands are part of the Boston Harbor Islands Archeological District .
In the reserve there are walking trails and beaches , as can on Georges Iceland the Fort Warren and Little Brewster Iceland with the Boston Light , the oldest lighthouse in the United States open to visitors. Georges Iceland and Spectacle Iceland are in the regular season of Boston and Quincy made with ferries approached. Shuttle boats depart at weekends and during the summer weekdays beyond other islands and the towns of Hull and Hingham on.
In 1996, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and MIT professor Clifford A. Goudey put forward a joint plan to revitalize the aquaculture and fish stocks in Boston Harbor. Among other things, they wanted to use the old tanks and granite channels on Moon Island .
In 2008 Martin Scorsese was shooting for the film Shutter Island on Peddocks Island .
List of islands and peninsulas belonging to the protected area
The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Conservation Area includes:
- Bumpkin Island (Hingham)
- Button Island (Hingham)
- Calf Island (Boston)
- Deer Island (Winthrop)
- Gallops Island (Boston)
- Georges Island (Boston)
- Grape Island (Weymouth)
- Great Brewster Island (Boston)
- Green Island (Boston)
- Hangman Island (Quincy)
- Langlee Island (Hingham)
- Little Brewster Island (Boston)
- Little Calf Island (Boston)
- Long Island (Boston)
- Lovells Island (Boston)
- Middle Brewster Island (Boston)
- Moon Island (Quincy)
- Mermaid's Mate (Boston)
- Nut Island (Quincy)
- Outer Brewster Island (Boston)
- Peddocks Island (Hull)
- Raccoon Island (Quincy)
- Ragged Island (Hingham)
- Rainsford Island (Boston)
- Sarah Island (Hingham)
- Shag Rocks (Boston)
- Sheep Island (Weymouth)
- Slate Island (Weymouth)
- Snake Island (Winthrop)
- Spectacle Island (Boston)
- The Graves (Boston)
- Thompson Island (Boston)
- Webb Memorial Park (Weymouth)
- World's End (Hingham)
The two islands of Castle Island and Spinnaker Island in Boston Harbor are not part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area . Former islands such as Apple Island , Governors Island and Noddle's Island were destroyed by the construction of East Boston and the expansion of Logan International Airport before the sanctuary was designated.
management
The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is administered by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership , which was legally established by the state. Members represent a variety of federal, state, city, and non-profit organizations . These are:
- United States National Park Service
- United States Coast Guard
- Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Massachusetts Port Authority
- Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
- City of Boston
- Boston Redevelopment Authority
- Boston Harbor Island Alliance
- Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center
- Trustees of Reservations
The Boston Harbor Islands Advisory Council is also a member of the partnership to provide recommendations for managing the park to the other partners. The committee consists of a total of 13 people, each of whom appoints a deputy. While the Coast Guard representative is appointed by the United States Secretary of Homeland Security , all other members are appointed by the United States Secretary of the Interior after coordinating with the sending organization.
The day-to-day management of each individual island is the responsibility of one of the partners. In this way, the partnership ensures a high level of consistency and coordination throughout the protected area.
The Boston Harbor Islands State Park
The Boston Harbor Islands State Park is a registered State Park in Massachusetts , and includes 13 islands in Boston Harbor . The park was established by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management (DEM) back in the 1970s and is now part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area , which was designated in 1996. Due to the unusual partnership agreements within the Recreation Area , the State Park still exists as an administrative unit and is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation as the successor organization to the DEM. The park administration is located near the ferry terminal in Hingham .
The islands belonging to the state park are:
- Bumpkin Island
- Calf Island
- Gallops Island
- Grape Island
- Great Brewster Island
- Green Island
- Hangman Island
- Little Calf Island
- Middle Brewster Island
- Outer Brewster Island
- Raccoon Island
- Sheep Island
- Slate Island
traffic
The ferry from Boston's Best Cruises (formerly Harbor Islands Express ) offer connections from Long Wharf at Christopher Columbus Park to the islands Georges and Spectacle .
Under certain conditions and subject to site-specific restrictions, private boats can also moor on the islands of Georges , Spectacle , Grape , Bumpkin , Lovells and Peddocks .
Deer , Nut , Worlds End and Webb Memorial Islands can also be reached by road from the mainland. In principle, this also applies to the Moon Island , which can be reached from Quincy , but it is not open to the public and is shielded with access controls. The bridge to Long Island was demolished in 2015, so there is no access.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Boston Harbor Islands Visitor's Guide - The Islands . Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 9, 2006.
- ^ National Historic Landmark nomination for Boston Light . National Park Service. Retrieved June 18, 2006.
- ^ Boston Harbor Islands Ferry Schedule (PDF) National Park Service. Retrieved July 29, 2006.
- ^ Neil A. Best: Preliminary Design of a Recirculating Aquaculture System in Boston Harbor. (PDF) (No longer available online.) February 2007, archived from the original on June 4, 2011 ; accessed on June 3, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jon Marcus: Scientists Test Once-Polluted Harbor's Crop Potential. In: Los Angeles Times . January 11, 1998, accessed June 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Adam Riglian: DiCaprio, Scorsese filming on Peddocks Iceland . In: The Patriot Ledger , GateHouse Media, April 14, 2008. Archived from the original on October 27, 2008 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 21, 2008.
- ^ Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. National Park Service , accessed June 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Islands Partnership - Governance . Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Archived from the original on October 5, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2006.
- ^ Islands Partnership - Membership . Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Archived from the original on August 30, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2006.
- ↑ Public Law 104-33, 110 Stat. 4093 sec. 1029. Boston Harbor Islands Recreation Area . Retrieved October 6, 2006.
- ↑ a b c Boston Harbor Islands - General Management Plan (PDF) National Park Service . Retrieved October 19, 2006.
- ^ The Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area. (No longer available online.) In: Boston's Best Cruises. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012 ; accessed on June 4, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ferry Schedule. In: Boston Harbor Islands website. Retrieved June 4, 2012 .
- ↑ Island Docks & Marinas. (No longer available online.) In: Boston Harbor Islands website. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012 ; accessed on June 4, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
See also
literature
- Emily Kales, David Kales: All about the Boston Harbor islands . Herman Pub., Boston 1976, ISBN 0-89046-054-X .
- Alan Mikal: Exploring Boston Harbor . Christopher Pub. House, North Quincy, Mass. 1973, OCLC 693496 .
- Eagle Hill Institute (Ed.): Northeastern Naturalist . tape 12 , sp3, July 2005, ISSN 1092-6194 , OCLC 264964360 ( [1] [accessed June 5, 2012] contains several articles on the islands in Boston Harbor).
- Anthony Mitchell Sammarco: Boston's harbor islands . Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC 1998, ISBN 0-7524-0900-X .
- Edward Rowe Snow: The islands of Boston Harbor, 1630-1971 . Dodd, Mead, New York 1984, ISBN 0-396-08349-8 .
- Edward Rowe Snow: Sailing down Boston Bay . Yankee Pub. Co., Boston 1941, OCLC 2810865 .
Web links
- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area website
- Information for visitors
- Boston Harbor website
- Island Alliance website
- The Boston Harbor Islands - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) .
- Harbor islands are jewels, but lack resources and accessibility. In: Boston Globe . April 4, 2010, accessed June 5, 2012 .