Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park explained

Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park
Map:Massachusetts#USA
Relief:1
Location:Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties, Massachusetts
Nearest City:Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.3186°N -70.9458°W
Area Acre:1482
Established:November 12, 1996
Governing Body:Boston Harbor Islands Partnership which includes the National Park Service together with other federal, state, city, and nonprofit agencies.
Website:Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park is a combination national recreation area and state park situated among the islands of Boston Harbor. The park is made up of 34 islands and peninsulas[1] [2] and is managed by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Twenty-one of the islands are also included in the Boston Harbor Islands Archeological District.

The park is significant for a wide range of natural and cultural resources, including three national historic landmarks, unique geological features, archaeological resources resulting from thousands of years of occupation of the islands by indigenous people of Massachusetts, and complex natural communities.

Attractions include hiking trails, beaches, the Civil War-era Fort Warren, and Boston Light, the oldest lighthouse station in the United States.[3] Georges Island and Spectacle Island are served seasonally by ferries to and from Boston, and Peddocks Island is served by a ferry from Hingham.[4]

In 2008, Peddocks Island was used for filming scenes in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island.[5]

List of islands and peninsulas

The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is made up of islands and peninsulas on and around Boston Harbor. These include:[6] [7]

Though they are located in Boston Harbor, neither Castle Island nor Spinnaker Island belong to Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Other former islands (Apple Island, Governors Island and Noddle's Island) were obliterated by the formation of East Boston and the expansion of Logan International Airport before the creation of the national recreation area.

Management

The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is managed by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership,[8] a statutory body established as a federal operating committee by the park enabling legislation. The partnership consists of individual members who represent a range of federal, state, city, and nonprofit agencies, including:

Apart from the representative for the Coast Guard, who is appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, all the members of the partnership are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior after consultation with the appropriate agency or other body.[10] [11] [12]

In practice, day-to-day management of each individual island or other site is the responsibility of one of the partner agencies or other bodies. The partnership provides a consistency and coordination across the whole park.[13]

Access

Boston Harbor City Cruises offers ferry service from Long Wharf to Georges and Spectacle Islands. Ferry service from Hingham to Peddocks Island is also available.

Deer Island, Nut Island, Worlds End, and Webb Memorial are accessible by road from the mainland. Moon Island and Long Island are closed to the public.

See also

Bibliography

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: June 27, 2024 . Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area . August 8, 2024.
  2. Web site: World's End (U.S. National Park Service) . 2024-08-08 . www.nps.gov . en.
  3. Web site: National Historic Landmark nomination for Boston Light . National Park Service . June 18, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060614191446/http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/nhl/boston.htm . June 14, 2006 .
  4. Web site: Ferry Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240724104049/https://www.bostonharborislands.org/ferryschedule/ . July 24, 2024 . August 8, 2024 . Boston Harbor Islands . Boston Harbor Islands.
  5. News: Adam . Riglian . DiCaprio, Scorsese filming on Peddocks Island . . . April 14, 2008 . May 21, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081027110254/http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/x707004175 . October 27, 2008 .
  6. US Geological Survey 7.5 minute series topographic map "Hull" 1971
  7. Web site: October 30, 2023 . Island Facts . August 8, 2024 . Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
  8. Web site: Boston Harbor Islands Partnership - Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service). www.nps.gov. April 4, 2018.
  9. Web site: March 19, 2024 . Boston Harbor Islands: A Partnership Park . August 8, 2024 . Boston Harbor Islands.
  10. Web site: Islands Partnership - Governance . Boston Harbor Islands Partnership . October 6, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061005214114/http://www.bostonislands.org/manage/manage_admin_partner.html . October 5, 2006.
  11. Web site: Islands Partnership - Membership . Boston Harbor Islands Partnership . October 6, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060830220635/http://bostonislands.org/manage/manage_admin_partner2.html . August 30, 2006.
  12. Web site: Public Law 104-33, 110 Stat. 4093 Sec. 1029. Boston Harbor Islands Recreation Area . October 6, 2006 .
  13. Web site: Boston Harbor Islands - General Management Plan . National Park Service . October 19, 2006 .

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