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Category Archives: Boston Harbor Day Boat Trips
Bird watching on Spectacle Island
While close enough to the city to swim to and accessible enough to feel like a public park, Spectacle island is home to an abundance of wildlife. Among the species inhabiting the island is the beautiful red‒winged blackbird. I was … Continue reading
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Tagged birdwatching, boston harbor, red winged blackbird, spectacle island
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Boats that you might see in Boston Harbor
When out on Boston Harbor, there are a great variety of interesting boats which one may see. In addition to the large number of private recreational boats and fishing vessels out there, here is a list of some of the … Continue reading
Fall River and Battleship Cove
Sitting high upon a hill above the Taunton River as it empties into Mount Hope Bay is the old City of Fall River, Massachusetts. Far inland from open ocean, and close to neighboring Rhode Island, this border city bastion of … Continue reading
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Tagged battleship cove, bristol, fall river, mount hope bay, taunton river, uss massachusetts
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Great Brewster: The Wild Island
On a clear Boston day, one can stand near the city’s waterfront and see the silhouette of Great Brewster Island’s dunes, far offshore in the outermost reaches of the harbor. The wild island: Great Brewster Island is a deserted landscape: its … Continue reading
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Tagged boston harbor, boston harbor islands, boston light, great brewster, great brewster island, seagulls, WWII history
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Watch where you step! It is horseshoe crab season!
The horseshoe crabs are out in vast numbers across the beaches of Massachusetts this week!! They are looking to breed with each other and bite and sting people so watch where you step!!! (Just kidding about the latter). Here is a … Continue reading
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Salem’s historic waterfront and Fort Pickering
Once the largest port in the Northeast, the city of Salem is today clearly less of a commercial and maritime center than the nearby city of Boston, twenty miles to the south. However, this was not always the case, as … Continue reading
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Tagged fort pickering, nathaniel bowditch, salem, salem sound, winter island
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