Governors Island (Massachusetts)
- Governors Island (Massachusetts)
Governors Island is a former island within Boston Harbor in the US state of Massachusetts. The island has been subsumed into land reclamation for the construction and extension of Logan International Airport.[cite web| title = Governors Island Factsheet | url = http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=gove | publisher = Boston Harbor Islands Partnership | accessdate = October 10 | accessyear = 2006] ]Governor's Island was the former 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.[cite web| title = Boston Illustrated - VI - The Harbor | url = http://kellscraft.com/bostonillustrated/bostonillustrated06.html | publisher = Boston And New York Houghton, Mifflin And Company (1891) | accessdate = October 15 | accessyear = 2006] ]References
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