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The Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands is a grassroots membership organization whose mission is to inspire stewardship and respect for the islands through educational and interpretive programs. The organization encourages public use of the islands, balanced with the need to protect their fragile ecosystem and historic environment. Our group of spirited volunteers has worked on behalf of islands for more than 45 years!
The Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands is an independent organization founded in 1979 that is now affiliated with Boston Harbor Now. |
JOIN - RENEW - DONATE TO THE FRIENDS OF THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS
Upcoming Events with national parks of boston
- Free Ferry Weekend
Saturday, May 17th & Sunday, May 18th
Celebrate Boston Harbor Islands opening weekend with a FREE trip to Spectacle Island! No advance reservations. Arrive early, as this event will sell out fast!
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Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- Art-in-the-Park Host
Now – October 31, 2024
Spend your summer sharing the gift of art with visitors and supporting your public lands by volunteering as an Art-in-the-Park Host on the Boston Harbor Islands! No experience necessary. Materials and trainings for all of the activities will be provided.
- Stewardship Saturday, Boston Harbor Islands: Grape Island
May 24th
Come join park stewards and MA Department of Conservation & Recreation to help with landscape and ecosystem management on the beautiful Grape Island! Registration is required.
PEDDOCKS ISLAND CAMPING RESERVATIONSOpen now – The 2025 camping season runs from June 18 – October 13. Reservations can be booked up to four months before date.
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The 2025 ferry schedule is available
Ferry service will run May 16 – October 13.
The Scituate Historical Society Special Event:
A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891
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Held at GAR Hall, Scituate on June 5 at 7 PM
Presented by Stephanie Schorow, writer, reporter, editor, teacher Reservations are recommended. Payment will also be accepted at the door.
Tickets for this event are:
See below for more information on the book and how to purchase. |
FBHI volunteer authors at book launch, June 2023.
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A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891. This book is the result of intense work by FBHI volunteers, led by Stephanie Schorow, author of East of Boston: Notes from the Harbor Islands.
From the back cover: In 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell, Massachusetts, sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England and prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the Acrobat and the Autocrat, the women stayed in a cottage on Great Brewster Island, reveling in the chance to shed their identities of wife, mother and daughter. Relive their sojourn through their remarkable journal – which is in the collection of Harvard University – filled with observations, illustrations, photography and poetry. Order from History Press here OR GO TO YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE. To book an illustrated lecture on this amazing book, email sschorow@comcast.net |
You’ll find the article "Chasing History" about the FBHI book project in the 2024 summer issue of Ranger, the magazine of the Association of National Park Rangers. The article is on pages 14-15.
our history – digitized!
We've been able to have some of our history preserved - our Tidings Newsletters from 1985-1987 have been digitized, and we've just uploaded our eTidings from 2014-2023 as well! Click here to see them!
you can vISIT THE islands online year-round with many photos of cathleen stone, calf, graves light station, rainsford and outer brewster islands
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Can't make it out - or interested in seeing what you might see on one of our trips? Visit the islands online via photos by some of our Friends - Click on the island names below to start your journey!
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A Personal account of visiting three Harbor islands in three days"Offshore Escape" by Dorian Fox is about his visit to Georges, Peddocks and Spectacle Islands. By clicking here you'll open the article on National Parks Conservation Association's website in a new window.
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