Governors Island (Massachusetts)
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Governors Island was an island in Boston Harbor in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The island was subsumed by land reclamation for the construction and extension of Logan International Airport.[1]
Governor's Island was the site of Fort Winthrop, a defensive fortification named after Governor John Winthrop, whose family was granted the island in 1632 and owned it until 1808, when it was acquired for the construction of the fort.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Governors Island Factsheet". Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=gove. Retrieved October 10, 2006.[dead link]
- ^ "Boston Illustrated - VI - The Harbor". Boston And New York Houghton, Mifflin And Company (1891). http://kellscraft.com/bostonillustrated/bostonillustrated06.html. Retrieved October 15, 2006.
Coordinates: 42°21′07″N 71°00′28″W / 42.35194°N 71.00778°W
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