The city of Boston sits on the Shawmut Peninsula, a piece of land that was aptly called Mushauwomuk ("the boat landing place") in the language of the native Massachusett tribe. Though the city is ...

For Peddocks Island, ferries leave from the Hingham Ferry Terminal at 28 Shipyard Drive in Hingham. The $5 weekend schedule ...

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View of Fort Warren, Georges Island (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BOSTON — As the ferry chugs away from Long Wharf and drifts out into the open water of Boston Harbor, one is reminded ...

BOSTON - Free ferry service is being provided to Georges Island this weekend, thanks to nonprofit Boston Harbor Now. The service used to be provided for one day has now expanded to an entire weekend, ...

On the southeast beach of Great Brewster Island, Adrianne Lovuolo, 31, used her hands to dig at a massive clump of knotted lobster rope lodged under a slanted hulking rock. It was Lovuolo’s second day ...