Great Brewster Island

Great Brewster Island
Great Brewster Island (left), Middle Brewster Island (background left) and Little Brewster Island (right, with lighthouse) as seen from Georges Island
Waters	Boston Harbor , Atlantic Ocean
Geographical location	42 ° 20 '26 "  N , 70 ° 53' 41"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 20 '26 "  N , 70 ° 53' 41"  W.
surface	28 ha
Highest elevation	Drumlin 32  m

Great Brewster Island (also Greater Brewster Island ) is an island in Boston Harbor . It is 8.8  mi (14.2  km ) from downtown Boston on the territory of the state of Massachusetts in the United States . Great Brewster Iceland has a permanent area of approximately 19 acres (0.09 square kilometers) defined by a Watts , depending on the tidal range is temporarily enlarged by up to 49 acres (0.2 square kilometers). It is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area .

geography

geology

The island's northern drumlin , at 105 ft (32  m ), marks  the highest point in the outer area of ​​Boston Harbor. Between this and a smaller drumlin in the south there is marshland , which is regularly flooded at high tide . At low tide , a sandbar emerges in the southwest of the island that extends for approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) towards Georges Island . The island is surrounded by mussel beds that connect it to neighboring Little Brewster Island when the tide is low .

Flora and fauna

Apple and pear trees as well as rhus , potato roses , grasses and reeds grow on the island . The island's wildlife is still the subject of scientific research.

history

The island was named after William Brewster , the first preacher and teacher of the Plymouth Colony . Thousands of years earlier, the island was used by the Indians as a summer quarters and source of resources. Families living in the area later built summer houses there. During the Second World War , a military observation post was set up there, which had 90 mm cannons, searchlights and a command post for the minefield in the harbor basin.

Attractions

• 90 mm guns
• 2 bunkers
• Remains of the piers from WWII and the 1970s
• Weather protection room for visitors
• Bank reinforcement made of granite
• stone wall
• Composting toilet

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Island Facts: Great Brewster Island. National Park Service , accessed June 3, 2013 . 

Web links

Commons : Brewster Islands  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Roughing it on Great Brewster. Harvard Gazette, April 2009, accessed June 3, 2013 .