Gallops Island

Gallops Island

Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated between Georges Island and Long Island and just over convert|6|mi|km from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 23 acres, plus an intertidal zone of a further 28 acres, and is composed of one large drumlin, reaching an elevation of 79 feet above sea level. The island has a rocky beach and offers long vistas from the top of its grassy bluffs. Access is by private boat only.cite web| title = Gallops Island Factsheet | url = http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=gall | publisher = Boston Harbor Islands Partnership | accessdate = 2006-07-29]

The island is named after John Gallop, one of Boston Harbor's first pilots, who lived on the island. Since then the island has been occupied by a restaurant and inn and a quarantine station. During the Civil War the island was occupied by a military camp housing 3,000 Union soldiers [ [http://www.war-letters.com/0021/0002.html Large number of Civil War soldier's on Gallop Island] ] , and during World War II it was occupied by a radio school and a school for bakers and cooks.cite web| title = Gallops Island Factsheet | url = http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=gall | publisher = Boston Harbor Islands Partnership | accessdate = 2006-07-29]

The island contains a collection of ornamental trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants that date back to its earlier uses, with additional trees being planted by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Photographs from the 1940s show that a tree lined street extended the length of the island. Although the buildings have been demolished, the pathways and foundations still exist and are lined with privet hedges and surrounded by fruit, shade and coniferous trees, including lilacs, mock-orange, snowberry, and forsythia. Also present are self-sown sumac, poplar, poison ivy, and bayberry. The vegetation been badly damaged in recent years by the island's population of rabbits.cite web| title = Gallops Island Factsheet | url = http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=gall | publisher = Boston Harbor Islands Partnership | accessdate = 2006-07-29]

Gallops Island was closed in 2000 due to the presence of asbestos-containing building debris from former military uses. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation has determined that the island will be closed to the public until visitors can be welcomed back safely. cite web| title = Boston Harbor Islands | url = http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/harbor.htm | publisher = Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation | accessdate = 2007-09-04]

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