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Public ferry service to Georges Island will be suspended until further notice due to water line repair. (updated 7/11/25 6:30pm)

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

Salt the Whale at Spectacle Island

NOAA’S Stellwagen Bank Brings Its Life-Size Inflatable Whale Salt to Spectacle Island, NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park are partnering to bring a life-size inflatable humpback whale, Salt, to Spectacle Island.

The life-size whale replica will be open for interactive tours throughout the day, which includes inflatable organs, and educational tours from Stellwagen Bank experts about whale anatomy, biology, and local research.

Life-sized whale includes a fully-accessible entrance.

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, a wild ocean place near an urban world, sits east of Boston, Massachusetts between Cape Ann and Cape Cod. Historically important as a fishing ground, New England’s only national marine sanctuary now reigns as a premier whale watching destination and continues to support commercial and recreational fishing. Its shipwrecks serve as time capsules of our nation’s maritime history.

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