Quincy Bay Explained

Quincy Bay
Location:Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates:42.282°N -70.986°W
Type:Bay
Pushpin Map:Massachusetts
Pushpin Map Caption:Southern part of Boston Harbor showing Quincy Bay and nearby features

Quincy Bay is the largest of the three small bays of southern Boston Harbor,[1] [2] part of Massachusetts Bay and forming much of the shoreline of the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. Locally in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy it is known as Wollaston Bay.[3] The bay is home to Moon Island, Long Island, and Hangman Island.

Quincy Bay extends from Squantum and Dorchester Bay in the northwest to Hough's Neck and Hingham Bay in the east.[4] Its southwestern shore is Wollaston Beach.[5] The Squantum Yacht Club and the Wollaston Yacht Club are on Quincy Bay along Wollaston Beach. Quincy Shore Drive, one of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation parkways in the Greater Boston area, travels 2.1miles along Quincy Bay,[6] offering panoramic views of the Boston Harbor Islands and the Boston skyline.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Through the Eyes of a Mariner: Touring the Port of Boston . Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management . October 12, 2006 .
  2. http://www.tbha.org/programs_beaches_wollastonbeach.htm The Boston Harbor Association
  3. Book: Cameron, James R.. James R. Cameron. Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950. Nazarene Publishing House. 1968. Kansas City. 147.
  4. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot/files/cp1/CP1-38ed-Ch11_1.pdf "Boston Harbor and Approaches." Coast Pilot 1 - 35th Edition, 2005
  5. http://www.wollastonbeach.org/ Friends of Wollaston Beach
  6. Web site: Datalayers/GIS Database. Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs. 2009-07-16.