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Winter Island has seen use since the early settlement of Salem in the 1620s. It was first used as a fish drying and shipbuilding area by early colonial settlers, and was since the mid-17th century considered a strategic defensive point for Salem, which was by then on its way to becoming an
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to the north. The island has about a dozen residences at the north end and one road, Winter Island Road. The Plummer Home for Boys (now Plummer Youth Promise) sits on 18 acres (7.3 ha) of land on the northeastern shore. The balance of the island is
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In 2011, a master plan was developed for Winter Island, with help from the planning and design firm The Cecil Group of Boston and Bioengineering Group of Salem, and the City of Salem paid $ 45,000 in federal money.
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Winter Island Marine Park is located on the former site of the
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Scaled area from USGS topographic quadrangle using AutoCAD
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Winter Island Historic District and Archeological District
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Winter Island (disambiguation)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Fort Pickering Light
Winter Island is located in Massachusetts
Winter Island is located in the United States
Salem, Massachusetts
42°31′43″N 70°52′09″W / 42.5285°N 70.8692°W / 42.5285; -70.8692
94000335
Salem Neck
Salem, Massachusetts
Smith Pool
Cat Cove
Salem Channel
Juniper Cove
National Register of Historic Places
Coast Guard Air Station Salem
Fort Pickering
Fort Pickering Lighthouse
Salem Harbor
Coast Guard
seaplane
barracks
Fort Pickering
Queen Anne's War
American Revolutionary War
American Civil War
USS Essex
Enos Briggs

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