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Ferry service to Georges Island is suspended until waterline repairs are complete.

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Activities, ranger tours, and most programs are included with your ferry ticket.

New Years Day Boat Trip to Thompson Island

Join the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands for their annual boat trip to start the New Year.

Visit Thompson Island with its meadows, forests, beaches and 40 acre salt marsh.

Hilary Lucier, Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center Historian will offer guided tours of the historic campus first built for the Boston Farm School in 1833.

Trip is rain or shine and departs from Rowes Wharf.  The trip will depart at 12:00 p.m. sharp and return to the dock at 4:00p.m.  Boarding begins at 11:30a.m.  Advance ticket purchase is recommended; tickets can also be purchased in person the day of the trip (cash only).  Pack a picnic – there is no food available onboard.

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