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New York Har­bor is Named One of Amer­i­ca’s Great Waters

Apr 8, 2011 1:53 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_4302” align=“aligncenter” width=“300” caption=“Visitors at Pic­nic Point take in the incred­i­ble views of New York Har­bor”][/​caption] Amer­i­ca’s Great Waters Coali­tion has just offi­cial­ly rec­og­nized what we on Gov­er­nors Island already know — New York Har­bor is indeed great. The con­ser­va­tion group just offi­cial­ly named New York Har­bor one of the coun­try’s ​“Great Waters.” This des­ig­na­tion puts the Har­bor in the same league as oth­er incred­i­ble ​“blue spaces” across the coun­try, includ­ing the Great Lakes, Puget Sound and the Chesa­peake Bay. Gov­er­nors Island’s loca­tion at the cen­ter of New York Har­bor gives us a unique appre­ci­a­tion for how tru­ly incred­i­ble it is. From our van­tage point, you can see the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty, Ellis Island, the work­ing water­front of Brook­lyn, and the Nar­rows. Our vis­i­tors enjoy the incred­i­ble views of the water­way every day they vis­it and there are oth­er ways our vis­i­tors enjoy the Har­bor as well. Each year, hun­dreds par­tic­i­pate in the Swim Around the Island and oth­ers kayak and land here when the Island is open to the pub­lic. And of course, every Gov­er­nors Island vis­i­tor takes a free fer­ry ride on the water to get to the Island. So get out to Gov­er­nors Island this pub­lic access sea­son and dis­cov­er why New York Har­bor is great!
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