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Long Island open on the north side of Nicks Mate Island

Long Island open on the north side of Nicks Mate Island

Print shows islands (Long Island Head, Gallop Island, and Nix's Mate) in Boston Harbor and a distant view, on the right, of Boston. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of G... More

A new and accurate chart of the harbour of Boston in New England in North America /

A new and accurate chart of the harbour of Boston in New England in No...

Also shows islands, rocks, channels, shoals, and towns and roads along coast. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. In upper right margin: Political Mag., Nov. 1782. Phillips. Maps of America. LC... More

[Views of the Boston Harbor Islands] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

[Views of the Boston Harbor Islands] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventha...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Views of the Boston Harbor Islands - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Views of the Boston Harbor Islands - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal ...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan de Boston - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Plan de Boston - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Bird's eye view of Boston Harbor and South Shore to Provincetown : showing steamboat routes.

Bird's eye view of Boston Harbor and South Shore to Provincetown : sho...

Title from cover. Copyright: 1905 by the Federal Engraving and Publishing Co., Boston, Mass. Oriented with north to the left. Index to points of interest on cover. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

Boston Harbor Islands and Chinatown Cruise

Boston Harbor Islands and Chinatown Cruise

In August, about 300 members of the Chinatown community boarded the Provincetown II to learn about and experience the environs of the Boston Harbor Islands from park rangers and our nonprofit partner, Boston Ha... More

Bird's eye view of Boston Harbor along the South Shore to Plymouth, Cape Cod Canal, and Provincetown : in colors : showing all steamboat routes.

Bird's eye view of Boston Harbor along the South Shore to Plymouth, Ca...

Relief shown pictorially. Title from cover. Oriented with north to the left. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest. Copy imperfect: Brit... More

Members of Battery E, photographed at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor Islands, 1898

Members of Battery E, photographed at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor Islan...

READY FOR MESS, 1898. Members of Battery E, photographed at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor Islands, in 1898. Seated, l-r: John Q. Adams, James Sullivan, Miles Fay, Jack Winn, Mr. Hazzard, John A. Lafferty. Standing... More

[Airplane, delivering Christmas presents, flys next to Boston Light on Brewster Island in Boston Harbor]

[Airplane, delivering Christmas presents, flys next to Boston Light on...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

National parks: Monarch - public domain image

National parks: Monarch - public domain image

Due to their extensive range, monarchs can be spotted on the inner Boston Harbor islands during the late-summer.

Resting Herring Gull - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Resting Herring Gull - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

The Herring gull is the standard "seagull" that can be seen and heard within the Boston Harbor Islands.

Slate on Grape Island - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Slate on Grape Island - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Geology has played a dynamic role in shaping Boston Harbor Islands and its history. Carved out by glaciers, Grape Island was home to a slate quarry during the 19th century. Today, you can find slate with little... More

Snails and Flowers - National Parks Gallery

Snails and Flowers - National Parks Gallery

Micro-wilderness at Boston Harbor Islands even includes snails. Public domain scan of drawing, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Young scientists at Boston Harbor Islands

Young scientists at Boston Harbor Islands

Young scientists at Boston Harbor Islands

Young scientists at work on Boston Harbor Islands

Young scientists at work on Boston Harbor Islands

Young scientists at work on Boston Harbor Islands

Programming at Boston Harbor Islands

Programming at Boston Harbor Islands

Programming at Boston Harbor Islands Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Measuring barnacle recruitment - National Parks Gallery

Measuring barnacle recruitment - National Parks Gallery

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: Marc Albert and Adam Kozlowski measure barnacle recruitment in Boston Harbor as part of annual rocky intertidal monitoring.

Documenting intertidal communities - National Parks Gallery

Documenting intertidal communities - National Parks Gallery

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: Katie Kull, a researcher from the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program, documents rocky intertidal communities on Calf Island as part of long te... More

Young Scientist at Boston Harbor Islands

Young Scientist at Boston Harbor Islands

Young Scientist at Boston Harbor Islands

Boston Harbor - Public domain vintage map

Boston Harbor - Public domain vintage map

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More