Fort Point Channel
Fort Point Channel is a maritime channel adjacent to Boston, Massachusetts. The channel separates South Boston from Downtown Boston and feeds into Boston Harbor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Channel
- Description: channel in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Fort-point Channel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Station and Boston Children’s Museum.
South Station
Railway station
Photo: ArnoldReinhold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Station is a railroad terminal located at Dewey Square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the busiest railroad station in Greater Boston and the second-busiest transportation facility.
Boston Children’s Museum
Museum
Photo: HouseOfScandal, Public domain.
Boston Children's Museum is a children's museum in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the education of children. Located on Children's Wharf along the Fort Point Channel, Boston Children's Museum is the second oldest children's museum in the United States.
Summer Street Bridge
Bridge
Photo: NewtonCourt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Summer Street Bridge is a retractile bridge built in 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts, over the Fort Point Channel. It still stands, but has served as a fixed bridge since 1959. This was the site of the Summer Street Bridge disaster in 1916.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leather District and South Bay Interchange.
Leather District
Neighborhood
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The Leather District is a neighborhood of Boston near South Street, between the Financial District and Chinatown. The Leather District is a tightly defined area bounded by Kneeland Street to the south, Essex Street to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the east and Lincoln Street to the west.
South Bay Interchange
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The South Bay Interchange is a massive interchange in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, in the US. The interchange consists of Interstate 90, the Mass Pike Extension, and the Interstate 93 concurrency with US 1 and MA 3 south of the Thomas P.
Financial District
Suburb
Photo: Nelson48, Public domain.
The Financial District of Boston is located in Downtown Boston, near Government Center and Chinatown. Like many areas within Boston, the Financial District has no official definition.
Fort Point Channel
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Fort Point Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Chinese—“Fort Point Channel” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Point Channel”
- Chinese: “堡垒点渠”
- Chinese: “堡壘點渠”
- Chinese: “堡点海峡”
- Chinese: “堡点隧道”
- Chinese: “堡點海峽”
- Chinese: “堡點隧道”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Church Green and Downtown Boston.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Congress Street Bridge and Children’s Museum Resource Center.
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