Pelican Island is an island located in Galveston County, Texas. It is part of the city of Galveston and is linked to

Galveston Island Galveston Island ( ) is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach, is within the city limits of the City of Galveston in Galveston County. T ...

by the Pelican Island

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. The island is home to the Texas A&M University at Galveston as well as two

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s—the destroyer escort and the

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—and

Seawolf Park Seawolf Park is a memorial to , a United States Navy mistakenly sunk by U.S. Navy forces in 1944 during World War II. It is located on Pelican Island (), just north of Galveston, Texas, in the United States. The park has two museum ships, submar ...

. Seawolf Parkway is the only street that runs across the island. In 1965, Galveston businessman George Mitchell purchased a large parcel of land on Pelican Island and donated some of it for the permanent home of Texas A&M University at Galveston. The Intracoastal Waterway borders it to the north, separating Pelican Island from another island. Pelican Island Texas

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Islands of Galveston County, Texas Galveston, Texas {{GalvestonCountyTX-geo-stub