Port Bolivar, Texas
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Port Bolivar is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay. The Bolivar Pen
Aerial view of Port Bolivar at the end of the Bolivar Peninsula in 1999. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway enters Galveston Bay here. Galveston Bay is at left in this photograph. View is to the northeast.
Bolivar Lighthouse -- Point Bolivar
Bolivar Ferry
High Island, Texas
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High Island is an unincorporated community located in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, Galveston County, Texas, United States. The community is located in the extreme eastern part of the
Port Bolivar, Texas
…the peninsula, extending as far west as Port Bolivar, and provided a ferry service to Galveston for railcars. In 1942, the rail service was cut back to High Island, 28 miles (45 km) east, where the Bolivar Peninsula expands onto the full mainland. The rails on the Bolivar Peninsula were scrapped for the war effort…
Mating Roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) at Smith Oaks Sanctuary
Eager Birders at the Drip at Boy Scout Woods in April 2016
High Island oil field
High Island Texas historical marker