Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

  • Also Known As: Historic Boston Harbor
  • Also Known As: Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park
  • Includes: Boston Harbor Islands Archeological District

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

Boston Harbor Islands is an amalgamation of a United States national recreation area and Massachusetts state park located across most Boston Harbor near Boston, USA. The preserve is made up of 34 islands and peninsulas managed by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Twenty-one of the islands are included in the National Register of Historic Places as the Boston Harbor Islands Archeological District Archeological District.

Boston Harbor Islands sights include a Civil War-era fort, historic lighthouses and tide pools. Activities include hiking, camping, fishing, picnicking and swimming. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1736/12/07 Lt John Loring Seller Rainsford Island is conveyed by deed, by John Loring and others to the treasurer and receiver general of "his Majesty's province of the Massachusetts Bay and their successors forever, to be used and improved for an hospital for the said province."

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Particulars for Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area:
Cultural Affiliation Archaic North American
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Owner State
Historic Use Village site
Cultural Affiliation Woodland Period (1000 BC-1100 AD)



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

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Registry Number: 72001622
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