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Chelsea River

Chelsea Creek, shown on federal maps as the Chelsea River, is a 2.6-mile-long waterway that runs along the shore of , and separates that community from the cities of and , as well as feeding part of the current Belle Isle Marsh Reservation that separates Boston from Revere.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: river in the United States of America
  • Also known as: “Chelsea Creek”, “Island End River”, and “Mill Creek”
  • Address: MA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Donald McKay House and Trinity Neighborhood House.

Historic building
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The is a privately owned historic house at 78–80 White Street in , . It was the residence of Donald McKay, a builder of clipper ships.

Historic building
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The is a historic brick townhouse at 406 Meridian Street located in the section of , .

Cemetery
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is a historic rural cemetery in . The cemetery was established in 1841 to provide the city a burying ground in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style, and was the first cemetery within the city limits.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District and Bellingham Square Historic District.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district roughly bounded by Shurtleff, Marginal, and Division Streets and Bellingham Square in , .

Neighborhood
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is a historic district encompassing the civic and commercial heart of , . Roughly bounded by Broadway, Shawmut, Chestnut, and Shurtleff Streets, the district was almost entirely built in the aftermath of the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908, and is a monument to the civic planning that took place at the time.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district roughly bounded by Meridian, Princeton, and White Streets meeting in Prescott Square in the neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Chelsea River

Latitude
42.3857° or 42° 23′ 9″ north
Longitude
-71.03618° or 71° 2′ 10″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
87JC9XP7+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368984899
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
4932888
Wiki­data ID
Q5090065
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Chelsea River” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Chelsea Creek”
  • Cebuano: “Chelsea River”
  • Hebrew: “נהר צ’לסי”
  • Slovenian: “Chelsea Creek”
  • Venetian: “Chelsea”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Park Square and Chelsea Square Historic District.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Eastern Salt Dock and PORT Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chelsea River”. Photo: LPFixit, CC BY-SA 3.0.