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The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is managed by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership, [27] 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:
Nahant is a tied island connected to the mainland by a natural tombolo, effectively a peninsula though often referred to as an "island". Nahant is connected by a causeway to the city of Lynn . The town is surrounded by Nahant Bay to the east, Nahant Harbor to the south, and Lynn Harbor to the west, all of which lead directly into Broad Sound ...
Since the mid-1970s organizations within the Boston community have battled for a cleaner Boston Harbor. More recently, the harbor was the site of the $4.5 billion Boston Harbor Project. Failures at the Nut Island sewage treatment plant in Quincy and the companion Deer Island plant adjacent to Winthrop had far-reaching environmental and ...
Doc Searls, Flickr Peddocks Island off Boston, best known in recent years as a setting for Martin Scorsese's 2010 movie "Shutter Island," is getting a $7.8 makeover to make it more
Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film [5] directed by Martin Scorsese.It is adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, about a Deputy U.S. Marshal who comes to Shutter Island to investigate a psychiatric facility after one of the patients goes missing.
Long Island, Boston Harbor, 2008. Long Island is located in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island is part of the City of Boston, [1] [2] and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island is 1.75 miles (2.82 km) long and covers 225 acres (0.9 km 2).
Peddocks Island is one of the largest islands in Boston Harbor. [1] Since 1996 it has formed part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area . Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation , the island is home to the now-defunct Fort Andrews , active in harbor defense from 1904 to the end of World War II, on its eastern ...
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