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Boston Harbor. Coordinates: 42°20′30″N 70°57′58″W. Topographic map of Boston Harbor. USCGC James pulls into Harbor in August 2015. Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, located adjacent to Boston Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the Northeastern United States.
The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is managed by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership, [10] 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:
Designated NHL. November 13, 1966. Long Wharf is a historic American pier in Boston, Massachusetts, built between 1710 and 1721. It once extended from State Street nearly a half-mile into Boston Harbor; today, the much-shortened wharf (due to land fill on the city end) functions as a dock for passenger ferries and sightseeing boats. [ 1]
Boston Harborwalk. Under Charlestown Bridge in 2008 with TD Garden in the background. Boston Harborwalk is a public walkway that follows the edge of piers, wharves, beaches, and shoreline around Boston Harbor. When fully completed it will extend a distance of 47 miles (76 km) from East Boston to the Neponset River. [1]
View from the water of the dock, visitor center, and fort entrance. Georges Island is one of the islands in the Boston Harbor, situated just over 7 miles (11 km) from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 39 acres (160,000 m 2 ), plus an intertidal zone of a further 14 acres (57,000 m 2 ), and rises to a height of 50 feet (15 m ...
Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. [ 3][ 4] The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States. The current lighthouse dates from 1783.
October 15, 1970. Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts, located on Castle Island. Fort Independence is one of the oldest continuously fortified sites of English origin in the United States. [ 2][ 3] The first primitive fortification was called "The Castle", placed on the site in 1634.
Fort Warren (Massachusetts) / 42.3202333°N 70.927639°W / 42.3202333; -70.927639. Fort Warren is a historic fort on the 28-acre (110,000 m 2) Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. The fort is named for Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride, and was later killed at the Battle of ...