Winter Island

Winter Island is an island connected by a

causeway to Salem Neck in Salem,
Massachusetts. It is about 45 acres
(18 ha)[2] in size, and is bounded by Smith
Pool to the northwest, Cat Cove to the west,
Salem Channel to the south and east, and
Juniper Cove to the north. The island has
about a dozen residences at the north end
and one road, Winter Island Road. The
Plummer Home for Boys (now Plummer
Youth Promise) sits on 18 acres (7.3 ha) of
land on the northeastern shore.[3] The
balance of the island is Winter Island
Marine Park. The entire island was added to
the National Register of Historic Places as
Winter Island Historic District and
Archeological District in 1994.[1][4]

Attractions
Winter Island Marine Park is located on the
former site of the Coast Guard Air Station
Salem. It's a marine recreational park open
to the public. The park takes up the
southern portion of the peninsula.[5][6] The
main attractions of the park are the historic
Fort Pickering, the Fort Pickering
Lighthouse, Salem
Winter Island
Harbor, a boat Historic District
launching ramp, and and Archeological
the former Coast District
Guard seaplane U.S. National
hangar and barracks. Register of Historic
Fort Pickering is Places

listed separately on U.S. Historic district

the National Register

of Historic Places.

In 2011, a master Fort Pickering Light

plan was developed
for Winter Island, with
help from the
planning and design
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of Boston and Massachusetts

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United States
of Salem, and the City
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of Salem paid
Location Salem,
$45,000 in federal
Massachus
money.[7]
Coordinates 42.5285
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Pickering was first
built in 1643, rebuilt
during Queen Anne's
War and the
American
Revolutionary War,
and continued to be Added to April 14,
fortified through the NRHP 1994
American Civil War.[8]
The sail frigate USS Essex was built at one
of Enos Briggs' shipyards on the island in
1799.[9][10] Fort Pickering Light was built in
1871, and the military use of the island was
eventually transformed into a Coast Guard
air station. Even this use was discontinued
in the 20th century, and the island was
turned over to the city, which established
Winter Island Marine Park.

See also
National Register of Historic Places
listings in Salem, Massachusetts
 National Register of Historic Places
listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

References
1. "National Register Wikimedia
Information System" (http Commons has
media related to
s://npgallery.nps.gov/NR
Winter Island
HP) . National Register of (Massachusetts)
Historic Places. National and Fort
Pickering
Park Service. April 15, (Massachusetts).
2008.
2. Scaled area from USGS topographic
quadrangle using AutoCAD
3. "Plummer Youth Promise" (http://www.plum
meryouthpromise.or) . June 2, 2018.
4. "National Register Historic Districts and
Landmarks" (http://www.salem.com/Pages/
 SalemMA_Historic/historical_national.pdf)
(PDF). City of Salem. October 7, 2009.

5. "Winter Island Maritime Park" (http://marinas.

com/view/marina/6258_Winter_Island_Mariti
me_Park_Salem_MA) . Marinas.com.
October 7, 2009.
6. "Winter Island" (http://www.historicsalem.or
g/preservation/improvement/winterisland.ht
m) . Historic Salem, Inc. October 7, 2009.
7. "Plan calls for amphitheater, other fixes at
Winter Island » Local News »
SalemNews.com, Salem, MA" (http://www.sal
emnews.com/local/x194733685/Plan-calls-f
or-amphitheater-other-fixes-at-Winter-Islan
d) . Salemnews.com. August 30, 2012.
Retrieved September 3, 2012.
 8. "Massachusetts - Fort Pickering" (http://ww
w.northamericanforts.com/East/ma.html#pi
ckering) . American Forts Network. Retrieved
June 3, 2020.
9. The Salem Frigate at Salem.com (https://ww
w.salem.com/veterans-services/pages/sale
m-frigate)
10. Enos Briggs at SalemWeb.com (https://www.
salemweb.com/tales/briggs.php)

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