Landforms of Essex County, Massachusetts - Islands of Essex County, Massachusetts, Rivers of Essex County, Massachusetts, Merrimack River (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Islands of Essex County, Massachusetts, Rivers of Essex County, Massachusetts, Merrimack River, Children's Island, Spring Pond, Plum Island, Wenham Lake, Cochichewick River, Cape Ann, Grape Island, Powwow River, Crowninshield Island, Lake Cochichewick, Lake Attitash, Winter Island, Ipswich River, Thacher Island, Choate Island, Bakers Island, Mother Ann, Massachusetts Bay, House Island, Haggetts Pond, Saugus River, Spicket River, Prankers Pond, Hales Island, Annisquam River, Tuxbury Pond, Skug River, Lynn Woods Reservation, Rowley River, Back River, Misery Islands, Egypt River, Little River, Blackwater River, Egg Rock, Tinker's Island, Holy Island, Massachusetts, Roger Island River, Wingaersheek Beach, Baret Island, Bass Rock, Salem Neck, Salem Channel, Bagwell Island, Babson Ledge, Badgers Rock, Smith Pool, Averills Island, Salem Harbor, Bartlett Rock, Juniper Cove, Archer Rock, Cormorant Rock, Allen Rock. Excerpt: Children's Island, known as "Cat Island" prior to 1996, is an island off Marblehead, Massachusetts and is part of the City of Salem, Massachusetts. The Marblehead/Swampscott YMCA has owned and operated a children's day camp on it since 1955. The first written record of the island was in 1655 when it was granted to Governor John Endecott. It was then bought and sold several times until around the Revolutionary War when the Essex Hospital was built as a smallpox inoculation site. The hospital was burned down by townspeople of Marblehead. By the end of the 19th century, the Lowell Island House was established as a summer resort. This was run for about 30 years before being converted into a sanitarium for sick and crippled children until 1946. The island then lay unused until bought by the YMCA and converted into a day camp. The island has had numerous names including Catta, Cotta, Catt, Cat, Lowell, Pollard, ...