Boston Harbor Islands - Georges Island Walk Tour
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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 m2), plus an intertidal zone of a further 14 acres (57,000 m2), and rises to a height of 50 feet (15 m) above sea level. Historic Fort Warren is on the island. Because of this, and since a ferry operates from Boston to the island, it is a popular destination and one of the easiest islands to access in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. -Wiki
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Peddocks Island Tour, Boston Harbor Islands, Massachusetts (MA)
Peddocks Island in the Boston Harbor Islands. This a a hyper-lapse video of a walking tour of 7/16/19. I spent the night camping on the island and took this video. The weather was great and the scenery was beautiful.
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Military History of the Boston Harbor Islands
Historian and author Jayne Triber draws on her research and experiences working at Fort Independence on Castle Island in South Boston and at the Boston Harbor Islands national park area to review the dramatic, colorful, and military history of these hidden treasures.
For over 350 years, the Boston Harbor Islands have played an important role in the defense of Boston, Massachusetts and the United States. From the colonial period to the Cold War, the Harbor Islands have been the site of fortifications, training camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and Nike missile installations.
Ferrying around Boston Harbor Islands
Some timelapses from a day ferrying around the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area in August 2015. The still timelapses were taken on Georges and Spectacle Island, while the moving ones were taken on the Boston Harbor Cruises ferries. Great way to spend a day in Boston!
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Boston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Boston also serves as county seat of the state's Suffolk County. The largest city in New England, the city proper, covering 48 square miles (125 square km), had an estimated population of 626,000 in 2011, making it the 21st largest city in the United States. The city is the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region is home to 7.6 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States. One of the oldest cities in the United States, Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan colonists from England. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston. Through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the original peninsula. After the coming of American independence the city became an important port and manufacturing center, and a center of education and culture as well. Its rich history helps attract many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone attracting over 20 million visitors. Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public school (1635), and first subway system (1897). The area's many colleges and universities make Boston an international center of higher education and medicine, and the city is considered highly innovative for a variety of reasons. Boston's economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, and government activities. The city has one of the highest costs of living in the United States, though it remains high on world livability rankings. Boston has an area of 89.6 square miles (232.1 km2) 48.4 square miles (125.4 km2) (54.0%) of land and 41.2 square miles (106.7 km2) (46.0%) of water and is the country's third most densely populated city that is not a part of a larger city's metropolitan area. This is largely attributable to the rarity of annexation by New England towns. The city's official elevation, as measured at Logan International Airport, is 19 ft (5.8 m) above sea level. The highest point in Boston is Bellevue Hill at 330 feet (100 m) above sea level, and the lowest point is at sea level. Situated near the Atlantic Ocean, Boston is the only state capital in the contiguous United States with an ocean coastline. Boston is surrounded by the Greater Boston region and is contiguously bordered by the cities and towns of Winthrop, Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, Newton, Brookline, Needham, Dedham, Canton, Milton, and Quincy. The Charles River separates Boston from Cambridge and Watertown, and the mass of Boston from its own Charlestown neighborhood. To the east lie Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (which includes part of the city's territory, specifically Calf Island, Gallops Island, Great Brewster Island, Green Island, Little Brewster Island, Little Calf Island, Long Island, Lovells Island, Middle Brewster Island, Nixes Mate, Outer Brewster Island, Rainsford Island, Shag Rocks, Spectacle Island, The Graves, and Thompson Island). The Neponset River forms the boundary between Boston's southern neighborhoods and the city of Quincy and the town of Milton. The Mystic River separates Charlestown from Chelsea and Everett, and Chelsea Creek and Boston Harbor separate East Boston from Boston proper. The city's water supply, from the Quabbin and Wachusett Reservoirs to the west, is one of the very few in the country so pure as to satisfy federal quality standards without filtration. Boston is sometimes called a city of neighborhoods because of the profusion of diverse subsections; there are 21 officially designated neighborhoods. More than two-thirds of inner Boston's modern land area did not exist when the city was founded, but was made by filling over the centuries, notably with earth from the leveling or lowering of Boston's three original hills (the Trimountain, after which Tremont Street is named), and with gravel brought by train from Needham to fill the Back Bay. Downtown and its immediate surroundings consists largely of low-rise (often Federal style and Greek Revival) masonry buildings, interspersed with modern highrises, notably in the Financial District, Government Center, and South Boston. Back Bay includes many prominent landmarks, such as the Boston Public Library, Christian Science Center, Copley Square, Newbury Street, and New England's two tallest buildings the John Hancock Tower and the Prudential Center.
Places to see in ( Boston - USA )
Places to see in ( Boston - USA )
Boston is Massachusetts’ capital and largest city. Founded in 1630, it’s one of the oldest cities in the U.S. The key role it played in the American Revolution is highlighted on the Freedom Trail, a 2.5-mile walking route of historic sites that tells the story of the nation’s founding. One stop, former meeting house Faneuil Hall, is a popular marketplace.
Boston's history recalls revolution and transformation, and today it is still among the country’s most forward-thinking and barrier-breaking cities. The arts have thrived in Boston ever since the 19th century, when this cultural capital was dubbed the Athens of America. Certainly, the intellectual elite appreciated their fine paintings and classical music, but they were also dedicated to spreading the cultural wealth, establishing museums, libraries and symphony orchestras for all to enjoy.
'Fanatic' is no idle word here. Boston fans are passionate about sports. And with the five-time world-champion Patriots, the long-overdue World Series–winning Red Sox, the winningest basketball team in history, the Celtics, and the highly successful and historic hockey team, the Bruins, there is a lot to be passionate about. Boston's college teams also inspire fierce loyalties and staunch rivalries. No less spirited is the country's oldest and most celebrated running event, the world-famous Boston Marathon, and the world's largest two-day rowing event, the Head of the Charles Regatta.
For all intents and purposes, Boston is the oldest city in America. And you can hardly walk a step over its cobblestone streets without running into some historic site. The Freedom Trail winds its way around the city, connecting 16 historically significant sites. These are the very places where history unfolded: from the first public school in America to Boston’s oldest church building to sites linked to America's fight for independence from Britain – Boston is, in effect, one fantastic outdoor history museum.
Boston is surrounded by the Greater Boston region and is contiguously bordered by the cities and towns of Winthrop, Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, Brookline, Needham, Dedham, Canton, Milton, and Quincy. The Charles River separates Boston from Watertown and the majority of Cambridge, and the mass of Boston from its own Charlestown neighborhood. To the east lie Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (which includes part of the city's territory, specifically Calf Island, Gallops Island, Great Brewster Island, Green Island, Little Brewster Island, Little Calf Island, Long Island, Lovells Island, Middle Brewster Island, Nixes Mate, Outer Brewster Island, Rainsford Island, Shag Rocks, Spectacle Island, The Graves, and Thompson Island). The Neponset River forms the boundary between Boston's southern neighborhoods and the city of Quincy and the town of Milton. The Mystic River separates Charlestown from Chelsea and Everett, and Chelsea Creek and Boston Harbor separate East Boston from Boston proper.
A lot to see in Boston such as :
Freedom Trail
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Boston Common
Beacon Hill
Boston Harbor
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Back Bay
Fenway Park
New England Aquarium
North End
Boston Public Garden
The Paul Revere House
Old North Church
Old State House
Museum of Science
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Bunker Hill Monument
Granary Burying Ground
USS Constitution Museum
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Massachusetts State House
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Newbury Street
Copley Square
Harvard Square
Boston Children's Museum
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Franklin Park Zoo
Prudential Tower
Spectacle Island
Castle Island
Rose Kennedy Greenway
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Thompson Square / Bunker Hill
The Institute of Contemporary Art
John Hancock Tower
Chinatown
Georges Island
Emerald Necklace
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Trinity Church in the City of Boston
USS Constitution
Boston Harborwalk
Prudential / St. Botolph
Acorn Street
Old South Meeting House
Charlestown Navy Yard
Downtown Crossing
MIT Museum
Boston National Historical Park
( Boston - USA ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Boston . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Boston - USA
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Camping on Boston Harbor's Peddocks Island
New book explores Boston Harbor Islands
They're right there in our own back yard. How much do we really know about the Boston Harbor Islands?
Castle Island in South Boston is a favorite outing for local families. What is the fort there called and who named it?
What is the small outcropping off Houghs Neck? Who once had a summer camp there?
Which South Shore island was bequeathed to Harvard College? You'll find the answers below, and in a new book, ``The Boston Harbor Islands: A History of an Urban Wilderness'' by David Kales of Arlington, with photographs by Ron Goodman of Quincy. The book is dedicated to Goodman's late wife, Judy, who died three years ago. Both Goodmans were active in the 10-year campaign to create Nut Island state park in Houghs Neck as part of the Boston Harbor cleanup. Ron Goodman, recently remarried, has lived in Houghs Neck for more than 40 years.
The Boston Harbor Islands, created in 1996 as a national park recreation area, contain 34 islands and peninsulas stretching from Winthrop to Hull and Hingham. Many -- World's End in Hingham and Peddocks Island between Quincy and Hull -- hold special meaning and memories for generations of South Shore residents.
Goodman, 69, and Kales, 68, are former Harvard College roommates and longtime friends who want this unique New England resource to be much more than that. Kales is a veteran journalist, freelance author and board member of Friends of Boston Harbor Islands. Goodman, involved in several civic groups, taught English and photography at Quincy College for 25 years. They took on the book as a project in semi-retirement to make more people aware of the islands and their legacy. Unless future generations take an active interest, they fear, the islands' survival as places of beauty and reflection could be lost.
Kales cites the recent proposal to locate a liquefied natural gas terminal off Outer Brewster Island as the latest and most extreme threat. He speaks passionately about the joy he finds in visiting the islands, ``a place for renewal and reconnection,'' and the furthermost Brewsters in particular -- ``truly wild, rockbound islands.'' He returns year-round to savor the rich mix of migratory birds and seals. Boston Light, the nation's first lighthouse, still in operation, is on Little Brewster Island. Kales sees all this as ripe for rediscovery -- a place people of all backgrounds can find recreation and relaxation.
And he makes a case for defining them as a wilderness.
They are, he writes, a wild, natural area, still unknown and mysterious, and like the western wilderness areas, alluring places that capture the imagination. A wilderness by any definition in his book, and one of the last in an urban setting.
``Seven million people live within 50 miles of the islands, but they're still undiscovered by the vast majority of people in the Greater Boston area and the nation,'' he says.
Each island or peninsula has its own story, and Spectacle Island is one of the more dramatic. Now an impressive day trip, a magical escape from the city on a hot summer's day, with wonderful views, easy walking trails, and a fine visitors center, Spectacle was once a foul city dump. Methane gas from piles of raw garbage ignited by spontaneous combustion and old horses were processed into glue. Thanks to the Big Dig and Boston harbor cleanup funds, it has been reclaimed and transformed, using tons of excavated Ted Williams Tunnel dirt and other materials as fill.
With historical illustrations and photographs, this 145-page paperback from History Press for $19.99 is a good read, informative, and inspiring. ``We hope it will become more than an accurate history and serve as an overture for the future stewardship of these wonderful resources,'' Goodman said.
The answers to that quiz:
-- Fort Independence on Castle Island was named by John Adams.
-- Raccoon Island off Houghs Neck had a summer camp in the 1930s run by the Stigmatine Religious Order.
-- Bumpkin Island off Hull in Hingham Bay was bequeathed to Harvard in the 1600s.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
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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.It includes the Boston Harbor Islands State Park, managed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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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. 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. 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.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.In 2008, Peddocks Island was used for filming scenes in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island.
Top Things To Do in Boston, Massachusetts 4K
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Fenway Park 2:21
Fenway Park has been home to the Boston Red Sox since 1912 and is the oldest ballpark in the MLB.
Acorn Street 2:50
Tourists and locals alike come to Acorn Street for the perfect backdrops with charming front doors, vine-covered brick walls, gas street lamps, and quaint cobblestones.
Boston Tea Party 3:10
This floating history museum is filled with live reenactments, multimedia exhibits & a tearoom that encompasses the historic Boston Tea Party in 1773.
USS Constitution 3:37
Launched in Boston in 1797, the USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship and earned her nickname Old Ironsides during the War of 1812.
Faneuil Hall Market 4:28
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, also known as Quincy Market, offers more than 100 stores, artisan shops, restaurants, and pubs right on Boston's famous Freedom Trail.
Newbury Street 5:11
Known as Boston's most enchanting street, the eight blocks are filled with salons, boutiques, and amazing dining.
Church of the Covenant 5:55
The Church of the Covenant is a historic church in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston and is a National Historic Landmark which it was built way back in 1867.
Bunker Hill 6:17
The Bunker Hill Monument was made to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, which was among the first major battles between British and Patriot forces in the American Revolutionary War in 1775.
Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park 6:59
Made up of 34 islands and peninsulas, the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park is an urban oasis just minutes from Boston’s city center.
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Top 12 Boston Harbor Islands by JoGuru
Plan a trip to beautiful islands of Boston. George Island -- Home of warren fort, Lovells Island -- for a romantic hangout, Grape Island -- A great hiking spot, Bumpkin Island -- home to American Islands, Peddocks -- largest Island in Boston.
Kayaking Boston Harbor
First time mounting the GoPro to a boat. Put it above on the way out, and underwater on the way back. The underwater turned out pretty underwhelming, largely because of the silt and lack of interesting critters underwater. Excerpts from both in this video.
Find Your Park at the National Parks of Boston.
Boston Harbor Islands Slideshow
Pictures from Georges and Spectacle Islands. Music from Alexandre Desplat, Girl With a Pearl Earring soundtrack.
A ride around Boston Harbor Sept 24 2017
A relaxing ride around Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor Islands Shuttle
Views from the Boston Harbor Islands Shuttle.
Native Americans and the Boston Harbor Islands
Currently the home of a waste water treatment plant, many do not know Deer Island's history as an internment camp for Native Americans (many of whom died) in the 1675 war known (in Anglicized terms) as King Phillip's war. Multiple perspectives (Anglicized and Native American) are still being revealed about the dark pages of Deer Island's history. This and other topics particular to Native American history and the Boston Harbor Islands are discussed with a diverse panel moderated by cultural anthropologist for the National Park Service (Northeast Region) George Price. Panelists include Edith Andrews, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Jim Peters, Executive Director, MA Commission on Indian Affairs, and member of the Wampanoag Mashpee, and Pat Garwood, Tribal Council, Nipmuc Nation.
Beautiful Boston Harbor
This is one of the best ways to see Boston, seeing Boston from a boat sailing across serene and picturesque Boston Harbor. We were sailing back to Boston from Charlestown.
Boston Harbor Cleanup
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State, EPA personnel and Boston area activists recall the Boston Harbor cleanup. Highlights: EPA's role in the process, the dreadful condition of the harbor beforehand, the major construction projects it took to get the harbor clean and what having a clean harbor has meant to marine life and how the change has affected the average Bostonian's quality of life.
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