George's Island

Sunday we took a Boston Harbor boat out to George's Island.

cubiclegirl Diary Entry cubiclegirl 2003

The imprisonment of the deputies, on George's Island at

The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline 1898

July on George's Island, for example, were at the last moment transferred to Annapolis in order that they might accompany their families, but this was not effected, for the deputies themselves landed in North Carolina, while their wives and children were dispersed in other colonies.

The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline 1898

So close is the channel to some of these islands, that we ran the end of our flying-jib-boom over one of the out-works of the fortifications on George's Island; and had had an opportunity of seeing the advantages of that point as a fortified place; for, in working up the channel, we presented a fair stem and stern, for raking, from the batteries, three or four times.

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

The steamer left the Grand Rapids in the afternoon of the 27th, and the captain took his course for the mouth of the Red River, but anchored, as the night became very dark, between George's Island and Swampy Island.

The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto Alexander Morris 1857

The steamer left next day, the 21st, for Norway House, but the captain was obliged to anchor at George's Island in the evening, owing to the stormy weather.

The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto Alexander Morris 1857

George's Island, and it is said in some former accounts that in many places there is not three fathom water upon it; the danger here therefore is considerable, and to avoid it, it is necessary to keep near

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

We were here told many circumstances of these two Ships, all tending to prove that they were the same ships that were at George's Island, which we judged were Spaniards; being led into this mistake by the Spanish Iron, etc., we saw among the natives, which is easy accounted for, for we are told that while Beaugainvile in the Frigate was delivering up that part of Falkland

Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753

Upon our arrival at Batavia we had certain information that the two ships that were at George's Island some time before our arrival there were both

Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753

Trade for Provisions, etc., with the Inhabitants of George's Island: --

Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753