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Cypremort Point State Park is a public recreation area located on Vermilion Bay, Louisiana near the end of La. Hwy. 319. It is named for nearby Cypremort Point. Cypremort means "dead cypress" in French. [4]
In April 2007, it became part of the Louisiana public parks system. [2] It is the largest horticultural park and recreation area in the United States and with the acquisition Hodges Garden became the newest park in Louisiana. As of February 20, 2018, ownership of Hodge's Garden State Park was transferred to the A. J. and Nona Trigg Hodges ...
Latimer Reef Light is a sparkplug lighthouse on Latimer's Reef in Fishers Island Sound. [2] [3] [4] The lighthouse is located one mile northwest of East Point on Fisher's Island, Suffolk County, New York. Originally called Latemore's Reef after James Latemore.
Nov. 3—NEW LONDON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration on Friday announced a $1.6 million award to save dolphins in the city harbor. It's probably not what you think.
The golf course was a key component of the development of 1,600 acres (650 ha) of land on the east end of Fishers Island into a new community for summer residents in the mid-1920s. Real estate developer Frederick S. Ruth was engaged by Fishers Island Farms, Inc. to explore the feasibility of creating the new development.
Race Rock Light is a lighthouse on Race Rock Reef, a dangerous set of rocks on Long Island Sound southwest of Fishers Island, New York and the site of many shipwrecks. [2] [3] [4] It is currently owned and maintained by the New London Maritime Society as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program.
In 1639, John Winthrop, son of the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, bought Fishers Island and the small islets around it, including those called "The Dumplings". ". Ownership of the islands, including North Dumpling, remained with the Winthrop family until 1847, when it was sold to the federal government for $600 ($19,620 in 2023) to be the site of a lighthouse
The new $23 million Fishers City Hall and Art Center is now open, bringing city business, art exhibits, programming and performances under one roof.