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WildPlay Element Parks is a Canadian-owned chain of outdoor recreation parks located across British Columbia, Ontario and New York. It is based on Vancouver Island. [1] WildPlay's first park was opened south of Nanaimo, British Columbia in March 2006 [2] where the company operates North America's first legal, purpose-made bungee jumping bridge.
Jones Beach State Park (colloquially "Jones Beach") is a state park in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County [ 6 ] on Jones Beach Island , a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway , Wantagh State Parkway , and Ocean Parkway .
Ocean, Wantagh, Meadowbrook and Loop State Parkways, Wantagh, New York Coordinates 40°36′51″N 73°32′10″W / 40.61417°N 73.53611°W / 40.61417; -73
Gilgo State Park is a 1,223-acre (4.95 km 2) undeveloped state park in Gilgo, Suffolk County, New York. [2] The park is located on Jones Beach Island , a barrier island off the southern shore of Long Island .
Original Jones Beach Marine Stadium 1930s Jones Beach Theater Construction 1951. Opened in June 1952 as the New Jones Beach Marine Stadium, the venue originally had 8,200 seats and hosted musicals. [4] Moses had several boxes designated for his own use, and Moses' friend Guy Lombardo performed often in the early years.
The Loop Parkway (also known as the Loop) is a 2.65-mile (4.26 km) controlled-access parkway in Nassau County, New York, in the United States.It serves the barrier islands south of Long Island itself, beginning on Long Beach Barrier Island at an intersection with Lido Boulevard in Point Lookout.
The Art Deco-style bathhouse was built in 1932, but much of the park's infrastructure and approaches were built between 1936 and 1937 by New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who envisioned it as a getaway for New York City residents, like Jones Beach State Park further east on Long Island.
The Jones Beach State Park's West End Boat Basin is also on Short Beach. The Jones Beach West End barracks of the New York State Park Police is around 200 feet south of the Short Beach shoreline. An uninhabited islet, Short Beach Island, is usually just offshore, but occasionally connects to the beach when low tide exposes sandbars to the surface.