Lovells Island

[1] In December 1786, a passenger boat carrying 13 people crashed off the shore of Lovells Island.

[3] Two of the victims aboard the ship, a Miss Sylvia Knapp and her fiancé (name unknown),[4] were said to be found holding on to each other for warmth on top of a boulder, now dubbed "Lovers Rock".

Later uses included harvesting the island's timber, as a fishing station, as a residence for the keepers of Boston Light, and as a rabbit run.

Left to recover after the war, the island's plant life now includes remnant patches of stands of poplar, pine and spruce, together with successional species such as staghorn sumac, black cherry, chokecherry, apple, and gray birch.

On weekends and summer weekdays, it is served by a shuttle boat to and from Georges Island, connecting there with ferries to Boston and Quincy.