Green Island (Massachusetts)

Green Island, also known as North Brewster Island, is a rocky outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, to the north of Calf Island (Massachusetts), Calf Island and Hypocrite Channel. The island has a permanent size of , plus an intertidal zone of a further , and is exposed from the east and northeast with little soil or plant life. The island is named after Joseph Green (colonial era merchant), Joseph Green, a well-known merchant, who owned the island during Colonial times.

Green Island is a nesting area for American herring gull, herring gulls, Great black-backed gull, black-backed gulls, cormorants, barn swallows, red-winged blackbirds, and rats. The island is a popular location for striped bass fishermen during the summer months. However, access by humans is difficult, and especially discouraged during the birds' nesting season.

History

Due to the severity of the cold weather during the winter of 1865, Samuel Choat had to be removed from Green Island. He was 70 years of age at the time. On February 8, Choat was transferred to the State Almshouse in Bridgewater (town), Massachusetts, Bridgewater where he died on February 23, 1865.Massachusetts Vital Records, Bridgewater, 1865, Volume 184, p. 272.

See also

*Great Brewster Island, Great Brewster
*Little Brewster Island, Little Brewster
*Middle Brewster Island, Middle Brewster
*Outer Brewster Island, Outer Brewster
*Long Island (Massachusetts), Long Island
*Tewksbury Rock (Massachusetts)

References

Boston Harbor islands
Islands of Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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