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Twin Island is part of Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, and also part of the "Hunter Island Marine Sanctuary" It is situated east of Hunters Island and north of Orchard Beach. It is wooded with exposed bedrock with glacial grooves. The island was originally part of the Indian hunting and fishing preserves known as Laap-Haw-Wach-King and was later purchased by Thomas Pell in 1654.^[1]

East and West Twin Islands (or the "Twins") were once true islands in Pelham Bay but have since been connected to each other and to Orchard Beach and nearby Rodman's Neck by landfill. They were acquired by the new York Parks Department in 1888 and were joined to the mainland in 1937 by the extension of Orchard Beach.^[2] East Twin Island is connected to neighboring Two Trees Island via a thin mudflat land bridge which is submerged at high tide. West Twin Island was at one time connected to neighboring Hunter Island via a man-made stone bridge ^[3], which now lies in ruins in one of the city's last remaining salt marshes. Member species of the islands' salt marsh ecosystem include egrets, cormorants, fiddler crabs, horseshoe crabs, and marine worms.

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[1] History in asphalt: the origin of Bronx street and place names

[2] NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: BRONX UP CLOSE, NY Times, July 1995

[3] History in asphalt: the origin of Bronx street and place names

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-'''Twin Island''' is part of [[Pelham Bay Park]] in [[the Bronx]], also part of the Hunter Island Marine Sanctuary. It is located east of [[Hunters Island (New York)|Hunters Island]] and north of Orchard Beach.
+'''Twin Island''' is part of [[Pelham Bay Park]] in the Bronx, and also part of the "Hunter Island Marine Sanctuary"
-It is wooded with exposed bedrock with [[glacial grooves]].
+It is situated east of [[Hunters Island (New York)|Hunters Island]] and north of Orchard Beach.
+It is wooded with exposed bedrock with glacial grooves. The island was originally part of the Indian hunting and fishing preserves known as Laap-Haw-Wach-King and was later purchased by [[Thomas Pell]] in 1654.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=qUfosR3PMQoC&pg=PA53&dq=the+cuban+ledge&ei=DWEFS_fGB4-SNqSEiOAL#v=snippet&q=twin%20island&f=false History in asphalt: the origin of Bronx street and place names]</ref>
-East and West Twin Islands (or the "Twins") were once true islands in Pelham Bay but are now connected to each other and to [[Orchard Beach, New York|Orchard Beach]] and nearby [[Rodman's Neck]] by a [[Land reclamation|landfill]] created in 1937.  East Twin Island is connected to neighboring [[Two Trees Island]] via a thin mudflat landbridge, which is submerged at high tide. West Twin Island was at one time connected to neighboring [[Hunter Island, New York|Hunter Island]] via a man-made stone bridge,<ref name=False>[http://books.google.com/books?id=qUfosR3PMQoC&pg=PA53&dq=the+cuban+ledge&ei=DWEFS_fGB4-SNqSEiOAL#v=snippet&q=twin%20island&f=false History in asphalt: the origin of Bronx street and place names]</ref><ref name=BronxUpClose>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/09/nyregion/neighborhood-report-bronx-up-close-islet-lore-soldiers-prisoners-rich-dead.html NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: BRONX UP CLOSE], ''New York Times'', July 9, 1995</ref> which now lies in ruins in one of the city's last remaining [[salt marshes]].  Member species of the islands' salt marsh ecosystem include egrets, cormorants, fiddler crabs, horseshoe crabs, and marine worms.
+East and West Twin Islands (or the "Twins") were once true islands in Pelham Bay but have since been connected to each other and to [[Orchard Beach, New York|Orchard Beach]] and nearby [[Rodman's Neck]] by [[Land reclamation|landfill]].  They were acquired by the new York Parks Department in 1888 and were joined to the mainland in 1937 by the extension of Orchard Beach.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/09/nyregion/neighborhood-report-bronx-up-close-islet-lore-soldiers-prisoners-rich-dead.html NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: BRONX UP CLOSE], NY Times, July 1995</ref> East Twin Island is connected to neighboring [[Two Trees Island]] via a thin mudflat land bridge which is submerged at high tide. West Twin Island was at one time connected to neighboring [[Hunter Island]] via a man-made stone bridge <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=qUfosR3PMQoC&pg=PA53&dq=the+cuban+ledge&ei=DWEFS_fGB4-SNqSEiOAL#v=snippet&q=twin%20island&f=false History in asphalt: the origin of Bronx street and place names]</ref>, which now lies in ruins in one of the city's last remaining [[salt marshes]].  Member species of the islands' salt marsh ecosystem include [[egrets]], [[cormorants]], [[fiddler crabs]], [[horseshoe crabs]], and [[marine worms]].
-The two islands that are now combined as Twin Island have been owned by the [[New York City Parks Department]] since 1888.<ref name=BronxUpClose/>
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-==External links==
+==External Links==
 *[http://www.youngenvironmentalllc.com/docs/project2.pdf Twin Island Marsh Restoration Orchard beach, The Bronx]
+*[http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=692414&imageID=805056&total=1&num=0&word=Twin%20Island%20House%20(Bronx%2C%20New%20York%2C%20N.Y.)&s=3&notword=&d=&c=&f=2&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pos=1&e=w NYPL Digital Archives - Twin Island House]
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+[[Category:The Bronx]]
-{{New York City Islands}}
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-[[Category:Geography of the Bronx]]
-[[Category:Islands of Bronx County, New York]]
+{{New York City Islands}}
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