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	Navy Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Navy Island is a small island in the Niagara River in the province of Ontario, Canada.
		Navy Island was settled by the Lamoka people in approximately 2000 BC and Meadowood culture peoples in 1000 BC.
		Navy Island was proposed to be the new World Peace Capital and headquarters of the United Nations by an international committee over 1945 and 1946.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navy_Island (362 words)

	Navy Island - Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
		Navy Island is located on the Niagara River upstream from the Falls (7 kilometres south).
		Navy Island is Federal Land under the control of NPC and patrolled by members of the Niagara Parks Police.
		The island is a perfect choice for their new home as it remote, surrounded by water and will have a steady supply of fish and aquatic species for the birds’ consumption.
	www.niagaraparks.com /nature/navyisland.php (1176 words)

	THE NAVY & RHODE ISLAND: A HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The so-called "Rhode Island Plan" to construct thirteen frigates for the new Continental Navy was enacted in December of 1775.
		The Continental Navy mounted a blockade and siege of Aquidneck Island in an effort to roust the English, which culminated in the large but inconclusive Battle of Rhode Island in 1778.
		In 1882 the Newport Poor House and Farm on the 92-acre Coasters Harbor Island was donated to the Navy by the City of Newport and the State of Rhode Island.
	www.nuwc.navy.mil /hq/history/0002.html (3371 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Navy Island to be transformed -Port Authority acquires property for over US$2m - Saturday ...
		As expected, the sale of Navy Island to the PAJ is already generating interest in Port Antonio, a town whose tourism industry has been struggling for quite a while.
		He called the change of ownership of Navy Island a significant step in the "overall industrialisation, modernisation and the returning of Portland to mainstream development in Jamaica and the Caribbean".
		Later in the 1940s, the island was owned by renown American move actor Errol Flynn, and for a time was a playground for the rich and famous.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20020427/lead/lead3.html (664 words)

	Fox Island beach erosion blamed on Navy
		The Navy wants to nearly double the size of its underwater research center in the next couple of years, potentially mooring a salvaged chunk of the old Interstate 90 floating bridge at the end of the pier.
		Navy officials say they're not planning to increase their activities on the island.
		Navy officials say they're willing to talk with the property owners, and are considering their concerns and suggestions.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/159429_navy05.html (1068 words)

	Navy Island
		Navy Island is the only Canadian island in the NIAGARA RIVER.
		The 127.9 ha island is named after a British shipyard (1793) where the first naval vessels to sail the Upper Great Lakes were constructed.
		The island is federal crown land but has been controlled by the Niagara Parks Commission since 1938.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0005669 (147 words)

	Navy's Ford Island plans get broad approval - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Separately, the Navy is pursuing projects such as the construction of a $18.9 million Navy lodge and 180 housing units.
		The Navy last year picked a "medium intensity" development plan for Ford Island calling for up to 420 family housing units, bachelor-enlisted quarters for 1,000 personnel, 190,000 square feet of office space for 1,500 additional employees and a new training complex.
		The airfield at Ford Island, which is often referred to as the Gettysburg of the Pacific for its central role in the Japanese attack, had been slated to be replaced by a park with contrasting grass to represent runway numbers and palm trees delineating its length.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Jul/03/ln/ln01a.html (721 words)

	Navy Island on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Navy ordinance crewmen Audrey Perkins and Mitchell A. Dray prepare non-exploding bombs aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt that will be used in exercises at the Navy's range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, on
		Navy ordinance crewmen move inert bombs aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt for training by aircraft at the Navy's range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, on June 18, 2001.
		Sitangai island (Sulu Archipelago) Marines patrol in Sibutu.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/NavyI1sl.asp (573 words)

	For Fox Island homeowners, Navy takes 'step in the right direction'
		The Navy has operated a lab on the southwest side of the island since the 1950s, and uses it now to test defense-related underwater vehicles and equipment.
		Navy officials and Dicks maintain that the research needs to continue at the Fox Island location, but Hering reportedly told homeowners that a quieter boat would replace a noisy vessel, lighting could be dimmed, an unattractive fence replaced and traffic reduced on the narrow roads leading to the lab.
		Navy officials said earlier that much of the damage can be blamed on a proliferation of bulkheads that choke the flow of dirt and rocks to beaches.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/160477_foxisland13.html (595 words)

	Craney Island Fuel Terminal
		Craney Island Fuel Terminal is the Navy's largest fuel facility in the United States and possesses 1100 acres (4.45 E6 m2) of above- and below- ground fuel storage tanks.
		The island had a 7-gun fortification and was manned by 580 Regulars and militia in addition to 150 sailors and marines from the Constellation.
		When the Navy Yard was evacuated by the Confederate forces, the VIRGINIA was found to be too deep for navigation in the James River and to avoid capture was destroyed by her own crew off Craney Island 11 May 1862.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/craney-island.htm (1550 words)

	San Nicolas Island
		San Nicolas Island Navy Outlying Field is capable of supporting C-5's, the 10,000 ft runway, 2 hangers, and associated airfield support facilities are located near the southwest edge of a 500 ft mesa.
		The $12 million construction project on Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island is meant to enable the Navy to safely offload equipment and supplies for use by the island’s Navy and civilian population.
		Prior to the pier's construction, supplies were brought aboard the island by being offloaded right on the beach, using an old pontoon system where the barge had to be beached on the shore.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/san-nicolas-island.htm (1148 words)

	Treasure Island Seized by U.S. Navy - 1942
		The U.S. Navy seized Treasure Island from the City and County of San Francisco April 17, 1942, as negotiations continued over the government’s use of the island.
		The Navy formally served notice today that from now it is the owner of Treasure Island, where it has maintained a base under a lease from the city for more than a year.
		Bourquin and city officials that the compensation offered by the Navy was merely for improvements to the island, and was far from representing the actual value of the island itself.
	www.sfmuseum.net /hist9/tiseizure.html (938 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Hawaiians Regain Control Of Sacred Island From Navy
		Although the Navy officially surrendered control of the uninhabited island Tuesday, in deference to Veterans Day, Navy officials and Gov. Linda Lingle (R) marked the transfer of control in a ceremony Wednesday with speeches and Hawaiian chants at Honolulu's Iolani Palace, the central reminder of Hawaii's onetime monarchy.
		The island became an important symbol in the rebirth of Hawaiian culture and language and the nascent Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
		The Navy, which considered Kahoolawe a valuable training ground, says it has cleared ordnance and nonexplosive detritus from 71 percent of the island, totaling 9 million pounds.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A33656-2003Nov12?language=printer (635 words)

	Grand Island
		One reason to bird this area in the summer is that it offers views (scope preferrable) of Motor Island and Strawberry Island (although lighting conditions may be poor in early morning and optimal in the evening).
		Beaver Island State Park has a 3 mile nature trail (and XC skiing in winter) and a half-mile sandy beach (for swimming) which might attract shorebirds early in the morning or out of swimming season.
		Navy Island can be viewed from West River Road, at the northernmost parking area (recently built).
	home.eznet.net /~kfox/wny/sites/grandisl.htm (1062 words)

	Historic California Posts: Naval Auxiliary Air Station, San Clemente Island
		The San Clemente Island Range Complex (SCIRC) consists of San Clemente Island (SCI) land, air and sea training ranges and designated operational areas to the south and west of SCI which are controlled by a single command and control system on SCI.
		Following commencement of WWII hostilities, the Navy in 1942, accelerated use of the Shore Bombardment Area (SHOBA) at the southern end of the island for fleet training.
		San Clemente Island and the waters surrounding the island are used and visited by a variety of organizations, including military, civilian government, contractors, environmentalists, civic organizations, fishing vessels, pleasure craft, and others.
	www.militarymuseum.org /NAASSanClemente.html (2614 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - The promise of Navy Island - Saturday \| May 4, 2002
		Navy Island was a miniature Jamaica, with beaches, hills, lawns, trees and great natural beauty.
		Navy Island is too important and too precious a part of our national heritage, to be owned by non-Jamaicans or even private Jamaican interests.
		Giving Navy Island an Afro-centric theme would attract not only the 'Ralph Lauren jet set,' but definitely prove attractive to the 'Oprah Winfrey/BET' set of affluent Afro-Americans who already travel to Africa and would be intrigued to find an African-style resort close to the USA.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20020504/letters/letters4.html (851 words)

	Vote In Vieques Tells Navy Island... (The Washington Post) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After the results were announced, the Navy said it would continue its training, due to resume Wednesday on Vieques, and keep looking for an alternative for when it leaves the island in 2003.
		Felix blamed the Navy exercises for his poverty, the island's undeveloped fishing and tourism industries and the resulting split in families whose young members go to the mainland to find work.
		Decades of simmering resentment over the Navy's presence exploded in anger and protests after civilian guard David Sanes was killed in 1999 by two off-target bombs on the range.
	www.jessejacksonjr.org /issues/i0730014312.html (501 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
		The Navy is turning full control of Kahoolawe over to the state, ending a 10-year, $460 million cleanup of unexploded ordnance.
		According to the Navy, 22,214 of Kahoolawe's 26,158 accessible acres were cleared on the surface of ordnance, fragments and scrap metal.
		The 45-square-mile island was used by the Navy as a target and training area from 1941 until 1990, when President George H.W. Bush ordered a halt to the exercises after years of protests and lawsuits by Hawaiians.
	starbulletin.com /2004/04/10/news/story8.html (379 words)

	NPSL History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On 9 December 1958, the Avionics Standards Laboratory of NAS North Island was made the Standards Engineering Division of the Aeronautical Engineering Group of the Overhaul and Repair Department, NAS North Island, by OandR NAS North Island Notice 5451.
		The NAS North Island Type I laboratory became the "Western Standards Laboratory." During 1960, the Western Standards Laboratory was established as the Standards Engineering Group of the OandR Department, NAS North Island.
		On 3 July 1962, the Western Standards Laboratory was established as a separate entity of the Station by NAS North Island Instruction 5451.15 in accordance with BUWEPS letter FBPL of 6 April 1962.
	www.nadepni.navy.mil /npsl/npslhist.html (1376 words)

	Historic California Posts: Mare Island: A Navy Yard is Born
		This sudden migration westward made it immediately imperative for the United States Navy to establish a base on the West Coast from which ships of the Pacific Squadron could operate and at which they could be repaired.
		Legend, well founded in fact, has it that the island's name was changed in 1835 when a crude ferry, transporting men and livestock between land on either side of the Carquinez Straits, was caught in a small squall which caused several of the animals to panic, kicking the ferry apart.
		Navy Department officials acted favorably on Commodore Sloat's recommendations and Mare Island was purchased in 1852 for $83,410.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Mare%20Island.html (689 words)

	Navy targets island for training - Somerset Herald - delmarvanow.com
		But the prospect of the Navy resuming its military training exercises on the Chesapeake islands is raising a few eyebrows.
		Waters surrounding the islands are breeding grounds for crabs and fish, attracting both commercial and recreational anglers.
		Instead of seeing the islands -- home to ducks, herons and other wildlife -- in the hands of the Navy, Gilchrest said he'd rather see it turned over to the state for use as a wildlife refuge.
	www.delmarvanow.com /somerset/stories/20050309/2060637.html (511 words)

	NRC Solomons 2004 Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Navy Recreation Center Solomons is only an hour and a half away, and yet a world away, from our Nation's Capital.
		Nestled on a peninsula bounded by the Patuxent River and the Chesapeake Bay in an area aptly called "the land of pleasant living," the bay and its rivers seem to be everywhere, and their influence on local lifestyles, including leisure pursuits, is profound.
		Recreational facilities such as picnic pavilions, a recreation center, a 124-slip marina, fishing pier, swimming pools, beach, miniature golf, driving range, basketball courts and tennis courts are just a few of the recreational amenities available.
	www.ndw.navy.mil /MWR/nrcsolomons.html (138 words)

	Encyclopedia: Navy Island
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Navy-Island (1034 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Navy Island deal almost sealed - Monday \| September 17, 2001
		THE FINANCIAL Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) is one step closer to disposing of Navy Island in Portland after the collapse of at least one high profile deal last year.
		The popular island, once the playground of Hollywood legend Errol Flynn, was closed to the public about four weeks ago.
		McDonald confirmed that the island was being sold to the operators of Port Antonio Villas and Charters (PAVC) for US$2.75 million.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010917/business/business2.html (296 words)

	New Pier Planned for Navy Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A design/build contract for a new supply pier on the island was awarded on Sept. 12 to Nova Group, Inc. of Napa, Calif. for $11,500,000.
		Currently, barges that bring supplies to the island are landed on the beach and are routinely delayed due to weather and sea conditions.
		The pier will be built on the southeast end of the island in an area called Daytona Beach.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=3636 (264 words)

	Mare Island; Where the Pacific Fleet is Maintained
		Mare Island, Vallejo, is Uncle Sam’s principal seat of Pacific Coast defense.
		Mare Island, Vallejo, Navy Yard is the largest single industrial plant west of the Mississippi, representing nearly $100,000,000 investment.
		Greatest single accomplishment of Mare Island, Vallejo, Navy Yard, was the construction of the U.S.S. California, now flagship of the battle force and one of our largest battleships.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist5/mareis.html (719 words)

	CENTURIES OF THE ROYAL NAVY (from navy) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With its navy Great Britain was able to defend its home island, blockade continental ports in wartime, and build a worldwide empire that endured until after World War II.
		A large modern navy includes aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, submarines, minesweepers and minelayers, gunboats, and various types of support, supply, and repair ships, as well as naval bases and ports.
		Provides guides on careers in the Royal Navy and Marines including benefits information and reserve opportunities; a historical overview of the surface fleet, submarine flotilla, and the marines; and links to naval museums and the Portsmouth Historic Dockyards.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-205282?ct= (841 words)

	Blue Island Divers - Navy Barges (5 total) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tidal = NO Four of the five Navy Barges are either buoyed or were commonly known sites.
		was re-found by Blue Island Divers on 29th August 2002 using research combined the UK Admiralty and the UK Hydrographic Office.
		The fifth Navy Barge lies at 73ft or 22m.
	www.blueislanddivers.com /divesite/navybarg.htm (201 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Navy's island cleanup gets OK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Environmental Protection Agency announced the removal of the island near Port Townsend from the list of tainted sites, meaning the EPA and the state Department of Ecology consider the site of no significant threat to public health or the environment.
		"I think that the Navy is to be congratulated here," said Dan Opalski, director of environmental cleanup for the EPA's Pacific Northwest region, who joined representatives from the Navy, the state and the area at a celebration ceremony Friday.
		Opalski praised the Navy for its cooperative approach to assessing, cleaning and monitoring the island.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002386040_indianisland17.html (222 words)

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