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Location of Plum Island in northeastern Massachusetts. Named for the preponderance of beach plum thickets on the island. Plum Island is a barrier island located off the northeastern coast of Massachusetts, north of Cape Ann, United States. It is approximately 11 miles (18 km) in length.
The Great Marsh. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary encompassing the majority of Plum Island in northeastern Essex County, Massachusetts, 5 miles southeast of Newburyport. It was established in 1942 primarily to provide feeding, resting, and nesting habitats for migratory birds.
21 September 1963. A YMS-1 -class minesweeper that ran aground off Rockport . 42°40′24″N 70°34′29″W. / 42.67333°N 70.57472°W / 42.67333; -70.57472 ( USS Grouse (AMS-15)) Herbert. 5 August 1924. A lighter that was rammed in fog by the steamer City of Gloucester while at anchor off Nahant . 42°25′05″N 70°51′25″W.
Sandy Point State Reservation. Sandy Point State Reservation is a coastal Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ipswich at the southern tip of Plum Island. The reservation is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is an important nesting area for the piping plover and the least tern.
87001485 [ 1 ] Added to NRHP. June 15, 1987. The Newburyport Harbor Light, also known as Plum Island Light, built in 1788, is a historic lighthouse on Northern Boulevard in Newburyport, Massachusetts. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The original 4th order Fresnel lens is still in use, one of only five original glass Fresnel lenses still in use in Massachusetts.
Grape Island, sometimes known as Grape Island, Ipswich, is a part of Plum Island, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the United States.For nearly two centuries, Grape Island was a small, but thriving community of fishermen, farmers, and clam diggers, until the land was purchased by the US Government and turned into a wildlife refuge in the middle of the 20th century.
Plum Island Light is located on the western end of Plum Island, which lies in the Long Island Sound, east of Orient Point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, New York. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An historic granite lighthouse originally built in 1869 sits at the site, but no longer serves as an active aid to navigation.
STORY: Workers wearing helmets and flak jackets dug through a large crater in the town, inspecting metal fragments.One resident said he had been sleeping when explosions hit the Ukrainian-held town.