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Poquott was founded by European settlers in 1659. The peninsula came to be known as “George’s Neck”, and was developed mostly as farmland. A fort with a single 32-pound gun, dubbed “Fort Nonsense”, was erected at the tip of Poquott during the War of 1812. It did little to deter the British raiders who entered Port Jefferson Harbor.
The Darkness worked on a feature-length documentary, directed by Simon Emmett. [46] In a 2016 interview, Frankie Poullain said, "We are currently over a year in to a feature-length documentary which will surprise a lot of people." [47] In March 2017, the Darkness announced that their fifth studio album would be released in 2017.
Port Jefferson Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Port Jefferson in Suffolk County, New York. The district contains 98 contributing buildings. It includes a mix of residences, commercial buildings, and a church.
In 1902, the Port Jefferson Company purchased the Oakwood estate with the purpose of creating an exclusive waterfront development of fifty houses to rival the communities of Long Island's traditional Gold Coast. The well-connected real-estate developer, Dean Alvord, was chosen as president of Belle Terre's estates, which was incorporated in ...
Westcott Beach State Park offers a beach, a playground and playing fields, picnic tables and pavilions, a nature trail, a group campsite, hunting and fishing, a boat launch and docks, and a food concession. Trails for hiking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are available. [1] The park also offers a campground with 168 campsites. [6]
The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company was subsequently founded in 1883 by several backers, including entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, [3] and Port Jefferson seaman Charles E. Tooker. [4] The ferry company originally operated steamship service, but the acquisition of the Martha's Vineyard in 1968 ended steamship service. Since then, the ...
In 1953, the Florida Park Service gave 640 acres from Jonathan Dickinson State Park to the Boy Scouts. The reservation includes Camp Loxahatchee (opened 1955), Camp Clear Lake (1957), and the Mike Machek Trail (1988). Wallwood Boy Scout Reservation: Camp is 25 miles west of Tallahassee. Winn-Dixie Scout Reservation: Central Florida Council: Active
Discovery Bay is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington. The community of Discovery Bay is an area near the intersection of U.S. Route 101 and State Route 20, at the foot of Discovery Bay – roughly midway between the larger communities of Port Townsend to the northeast and Sequim to the northwest.