Ellis Island public and the museum partially re-opened on October 28, 2013, after major renovations. Originally much of the west shore of Upper New York Bay consisted of large tidal flats which hosted vast oyster banks, a major source of food for the Lenape population who lived in the area prior to the arrival of Dutch settlers. There were several islands which were not completely submerged at high tide. Three of them (later to be known as Liberty Island, Black Tom Island and Ellis Island) were given the name Oyster Islands by the settlers of New Netherland, the first European colony in
Hillsborough River (Prince Edward Island) the railway bridge between Charlottetown and Southport in 1962 and was modernized and expanded in 1995. Additional highway bridges cross the river at Mount Stewart and at several points upstream from Mount Stewart. The river hosts a variety of recreational activities as well as quahog and oyster fisheries. The river suffers from high nitrate levels and silt run off from over-farming and excess riparian zone development. Hillsborough River (Prince Edward Island) The Hillsborough River, also known as the East River, is a Canadian river in northeastern Queens County, Prince Edward Island. After the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) during King George's