State park in New York, United States
The
NYSDEC Norrie Point Environmental Center is located within the park
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park is a 356-acre (1.44 km2 )
state park
[2] in
Dutchess County ,
New York in the United States. The park is located on the east shore of the
Hudson River in the
Town of Hyde Park and also includes
Esopus Island .
[5]
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park is adjacent to
Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park , and the two parks are collectively known as Mills-Norrie State Park.
[1]
History
The park's lands were donated to New York State by
Geraldine Morgan Thompson in memory of her sister, Margaret Lewis Norrie.
[3] A large
Civilian Conservation Corps camp existed at the park in 1937, housing workers that were developing the park's facilities.
[6]
Nearby state parks and historic sites
See also
Notes
^ Combined attendance for Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park and Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park.
References
^
a
b
"Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park" . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 25, 2016 .
^
a
b "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9".
2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF) . The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 673. Archived from
the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016 .
^
a
b
"State Parks Commissioner Announces Projects At Mills-Norrie" . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. August 16, 2002. Archived from
the original on September 24, 2006. Retrieved October 29, 2016 .
^
"State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003" . Data.ny.gov . Retrieved September 25, 2016 .
^
"Final Environmental Impact Statement for Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park, Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park, and Staatsburgh State Historic Site" (PDF) . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. April 17, 2013. p. 24.
^ Federal Writers' Project. Dutchess Co., N.Y. (1937).
Dutchess County . William Penn Association of Philadelphia. p. 91. Retrieved September 25, 2016 .
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