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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bostonislands.org/isle_profiles.html )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Historic Landmark nomination for Boston Light )〕 Georges Island and Spectacle Island are served seasonally by ferries to and from Boston and Quincy, connecting on weekends and summer weekdays with a shuttle boat to several other islands, Hull, and Hingham.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bostonharborcruises.com/harbor-islands/schedule-rates/ )〕 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.〔Cf. Best; Cf. Marcus〕 In 2008, Peddocks Island was used for filming scenes in Martin Scorsese's ''Shutter Island''. ==List of islands and peninsulas== The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is made up of a series of discrete islands and other places on and around Boston Harbor. These include:〔〔US Geological Survey 7.5 minute series topographic map "Hull" 1971〕 * Bumpkin Island (Hingham) * Button Island (Hingham) * Calf Island (Boston) * Deer Island (Boston) * Gallops Island (Boston) * Georges Island (Boston) * Grape Island (Weymouth) * Great Brewster Island (Boston) * Green Island (Boston) * Hangman Island (Quincy) * Langlee Island (Hingham) * Little Brewster Island (Boston) * Little Calf Island (Boston) * Long Island (Boston) * Lovells Island (Boston) * Middle Brewster Island (Boston) * Moon Island (Quincy) * Nixes Mate (Boston) * Nut Island (Quincy) * Outer Brewster Island (Boston) * Peddocks Island (Hull) * Raccoon Island (Quincy) * Ragged Island (Hingham) * Rainsford Island (Boston) * Sarah Island (Hingham) * Shag Rocks (Boston) * Sheep Island (Weymouth) * Slate Island (Weymouth) * Snake Island (Winthrop) * Spectacle Island (Boston) * The Graves (Boston) * Thompson Island (Boston) * Webb Memorial Park (Weymouth) * World's End (Hingham) Two islands (Castle Island and Spinnaker Island) in Boston Harbor are not part of the National Recreation Area, and other former islands (''e.g.'' Apple Island, Governors Island and Noddle's Island) were obliterated by the formation of East Boston and the expansion of Logan International Airport before the area was designated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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