. King's handbook of Boston harbor. The Deer-Island Ferry-Horn, Point KING S HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 201 JFort OTarren, tfje %z^ of tfje $?artior, GEORGES ISLAND.— THE GREAT FORTRESS. — SOUTHERN CHIEFTAINS.—GARRISON LIFE. HE granite- and iron-covered Georges Island is a littleover six miles from Boston (seven by the channel), andcovers 35 acres, defended by a long sea-wall, and risingto a bluff 50 feet high on the eastward. It is about ar F^w!^-]^ ^ third of a mile south of LovelFs and Gallops Islands,C !5$I1 /JBslk-i? and a mile from Hull. The main ship-channel flowsclose under i
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. The Deer-Island Ferry-Horn, Point KING S HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 201 JFort OTarren, tfje %z^ of tfje $?artior, GEORGES ISLAND.— THE GREAT FORTRESS. — SOUTHERN CHIEFTAINS.—GARRISON LIFE. HE granite- and iron-covered Georges Island is a littleover six miles from Boston (seven by the channel), andcovers 35 acres, defended by a long sea-wall, and risingto a bluff 50 feet high on the eastward. It is about ar F^w!^-]^ ^ third of a mile south of LovelFs and Gallops Islands,C !5$I1 /JBslk-i? and a mile from Hull. The main ship-channel flowsclose under it on the north, and on the south are Nan-tasket Roads. The present name was given nearly twocenturies ago, perhaps in honor of Captain John George,a prominent merchant and town functionary of Boston about the year chief distinction of the locality at the present time is the fortress whichcovers the greater part of it, and is one of the most formidable defences ofthe eastern seaboard. The proprietary history of Georges Island may be stated in a few was
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