St. George's Parish, Bermuda 3182445 224111244 2008-07-07T10:43:05Z Plasticup 2666389 minor tidying (please [[User_Talk:Plasticup|tell me]] about errors!) using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Unreferenced|date=August 2007}} [[Image:StGeorgesPBMmap.png|thumb|right|200px]] '''St. George's Parish''' is one of the nine parishes of [[Bermuda]]. It is named in honour of the [[St. George|patron saint of England]], though it is indirectly regarded as being named for the founder of the Bermuda colony, Admiral Sir [[George Somers]]. It is located in the north-easternmost part of the island chain, containing a small part of the main island around [[Tucker's Town, Bermuda|Tucker's Town]] and the [[Tucker's Town Peninsula, Bermuda|Tucker's Town Peninsula]], as well as the island of [[St. George's Island, Bermuda|St. George]], and many smaller islands, notably [[Coney Island, Bermuda|Coney]], [[Paget Island, Bermuda|Paget]], [[Nonsuch Island, Bermuda|Nonsuch]], [[Castle Island, Bermuda|Castle]], and [[Smith's Island, Bermuda|Smith's Island]]s. The [[St. George's, Bermuda|St. George's]] town is surrounded by the parish but not administratively part of it. Technically, St. George's also includes the island of [[St. David's Island, Bermuda|St. David's]], though this is often considered a separate entity. St. David's Island, and [[Cooper's Island, Bermuda|Cooper's Island]], and [[Longbird Island, Bermuda|Longbird Island]] became a single, contiguous landmass during the [[Second World War]] construction of what is now the [[Bermuda International Airport]], formerly a joint [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]]/[[Royal Air Force|RAF]] base, [[Fort Bell|Kindley Field]] (and subsequently a [[United States Air Force|USAF]] base, [[Kindley Air Force Base]], then a [[United States Navy|US Navy]] [[Naval Air Station|air station]], [[NAS Bermuda]]. The parish is joined to [[Hamilton Parish, Bermuda|Hamilton Parish]] in the south, via [[The Causeway, Bermuda|The Causeway]] (which, like the [[Florida Keys]] in the [[United States]], is a chain of small islands which have been connected by reclaimed land and bridges) and also at Tucker's Town. The parish is unique among those in Bermuda, in that it does not cover 2.3 square miles (about 6.0 km² or 1500 acres). The reason for this is the land reclamation that took place when Kindley Air Force Base was constructed, which expanded the parish's area by some 150 acres (60 hectares) to a little over 2.5 square miles (6.6 km², 1620 acres). Natural features in St. George's include [[Castle Harbour, Bermuda|Castle Harbour]], [[St. George's Harbour, Bermuda|St. George's Harbour]], [[St. David's Head, Bermuda|St. David's Head]], [[Tobacco Bay, Bermuda|Tobacco Bay]], and [[Ferry Reach, Bermuda|Ferry Reach]]. Other notable features of St. George's include the [[St. David's Lighthouse, Bermuda|St. David's Lighthouse]], [[Fort St. Catherine, Bermuda|Fort St. Catherine]], and the [[Bermuda Biological Station for Research]]. ==External links== *[http://www.bermuda-online.org/seestgeo.htm Bermuda Online] {{Administrative divisions of Bermuda}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George's Parish, Bermuda}} [[Category:Geography of Bermuda]] [[Category:Subdivisions of Bermuda]] [[fr:Saint George's (paroisse des Bermudes)]] [[nl:Saint George (Bermuda, parish)]] [[pt:Saint George (paróquia)]] [[simple:St. George's Parish, Bermuda]]