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The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), west of the town of High Island, Texas. It borders East Bay, part of the Galveston Bay complex, behind Bolivar Peninsula at the Gulf of Mexico. Established in 1963, this wildlife refuge is located on the upper Texas Coast in Chambers ...
1862 map of Galveston showing the position of the lighthouse. During the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the lighthouse served as a shelter for at least 125 people, saving their lives. In 1915, the lighthouse also survived another hurricane, where winds of 126 miles per hour were recorded.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston maintains the Our Lady By The Sea Chapel and Catholic Center in Crystal Beach. [47] Its service area is the entire peninsula. This site is a part of the Holy Family Parish, which has other sites on Galveston Island. [48] Our Mother of Mercy Church in Port Bolivar was established circa 1950.
Diving and sightseeing are popular activities in and near this sanctuary. [6] The three banks—East Flower Garden Bank, West Flower Garden Bank, and Stetson Bank—are underwater mountains. The banks support coral reefs, some of the healthiest in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic region. These reef communities began developing on the salt ...
Galveston Island is a barrier island between Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The island began to form around 5,000 years ago. It took another 3,000 years for the core to become high enough to withstand typical storm surges. [5] American Indians began to visit Galveston Island around 2,000 years ago. [5]
After nearly a two-week pause of hurricanes and tropical storms, a system in the Gulf of Mexico and a disturbance near the Caribbean Sea could possibly bring in more rainfall to the Coastal Bend.
After four years, seven iron pilings arrived at the reef by barge, each 25 feet (7.6 m) long. The pilings were shipped from Baltimore to Galveston on the same vessel that delivered material for the Point Bolivar Lighthouse and the Matagorda Island Lighthouse. The lighthouse was completed by the first of July, and on the same day the sixth order ...
Sea-Arama Marineworld was a marine mammal park located on the Gulf Coast in Galveston Island, Texas.Opening in 1965, the park was an animal-focused oceanarium, zoo, and aquarium that attracted hundreds of thousands of attendees each year.