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| Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | |
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 Spectacle Island, in Boston Harbor, and part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Behind Spectacle Island is Thompson Island. | |
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| Location | Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties, Massachusetts |
| Nearest city | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°19′7″N 70°56′45″W / 42.31861°N 70.94583°W |
| Area | 1,482 acres (6.00 km2)[1] |
| 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 |
The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is a national recreation area situated among the islands of Boston Harbor of Boston, Massachusetts. The area is made up of a collection of islands, together with a former island and a peninsula, many of which are open for public recreation and some of which are very small and best suited for wildlife. The area is run by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership.[2] It includes the Boston Harbor Islands State Park, managed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Twenty-one of the 34 islands in the area are also included in the Boston Harbor Islands Archeological District.
Attractions include hiking trails, beaches, the Civil War-era Fort Warren on Georges Island and Boston Light on Little Brewster Island, the oldest lighthouse in the United States.[3] Georges Island and Spectacle Island are served seasonally by ferries to and from Boston, connecting on weekends and summer weekdays with a shuttle boat to several other islands, Hull, and Hingham.[4]
In 1996, there was a project proposal by Boston's mayor Tom Menino and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Clifford A. Goudey to revitalize the aquaculture and fish population in Boston Harbor. This would have involved using the old tanks and granite canals on Moon Island.[5]
In 2008, Peddocks Island was used for filming scenes in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island.[6]
- ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved December 16, 2012. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
- ^ "Boston Harbor Islands Visitor's Guide - The Islands". Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2006.
- ^ "National Historic Landmark nomination for Boston Light". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2006.
- ^ "Boston Harbor Islands Ferry Schedule". Boston Harbor Cruises. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ^ Cf. Best; Cf. Marcus
- ^ Riglian, Adam (April 14, 2008). "DiCaprio, Scorsese filming on Peddocks Island". The Patriot Ledger. GateHouse Media. Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2008.