Cultural Landscape Report for Boston Harbor Islands National & State Park, Volume 1: Site History
Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. 2017. Cultural Landscape Report for Boston Harbor Islands National & State Park, Volume 1: Site History. National Park Service. Boston, MA
This report consolidates base-line information about the park's cultural resources. It is intended to aid the National Park Service and Boston harbor Islands Partnership in the planning and protection of the park's natural and cultural resources. The Boston Harbor Islands were designated as a national park area in 1996. The park encompasses over thirty islands and peninsulas in the harbor, including sixteen islands of the Boston Harbor Islands State Park established in 1970. Nearly all the Boston Harbor Islands contain significant cultural resources relating to early historic and indigenous use, resource extraction and recreation. This report offers a historical overview of cultural resources within historic contexts, organized by seven identified themes. These are: environmental alterations, resource extraction, navigation, military use, institutions, infrastructure, and recreation.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation
- Date of Issue
- 2017
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BOHA , NER
- Keywords
- Algonquin, batteries, Boston, Boston Harbor Islands, Bumpkin Island, Calf Island, colonial revival, Grape Island, Green Island, Hangman Island, Long Island, Massachusetts Bay, Middle Brewster Island, military fort, Peddocks Island, public health, recreation area, Spectacle Island, World War II