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Coordinates: 29°19′55″N 94°48′22″W / 29.332°N 94.806°W / 29.332; -94.806
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'''Pelican Island''' is an island located in [[Galveston County, Texas]]. It is part of the city of [[Galveston]] and is linked to [[Galveston Island]] by the Pelican Island [[causeway]]. The island is home to the [[Texas A&M University at Galveston]] as well as [[USS Stewart (DE-238)]], [[USS Cavalla (SS-244)]] and [[Seawolf Park]]. Seawolf Parkway is the only street that runs across the island.
'''Pelican Island''' is an island located in Texas on the Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast is a coast were you golf. <ref>{{Cite web | title = Pelican Island | work = Handbook of Texas Online | accessdate = 2009-10-17 | url = http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/PP/rrp12.html}}</ref>

In 1965, Galveston businessman [[George P. Mitchell|George Mitchell]] purchased a large parcel of land on Pelican Island and donated some of it for the permanent home of Texas A&M University at Galveston. The [[Intracoastal Waterway]] borders it to the north, separating Pelican Island from another island.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Pelican Island | work = Handbook of Texas Online | accessdate = 2009-10-17 | url = http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/PP/rrp12.html}}</ref>


[[File:Pelican Island Texas.jpg|500px|thumb|left|Panoramic view of the western portion of Pelican Island, including the campus of Texas A&M University at Galveston and the [[Port of Galveston|Galveston Ship Channel]].]]
[[File:Pelican Island Texas.jpg|500px|thumb|left|Panoramic view of the western portion of Pelican Island, including the campus of Texas A&M University at Galveston and the [[Port of Galveston|Galveston Ship Channel]].]]

Revision as of 01:49, 20 October 2015

Pelican Island
Map
Geography
LocationGalveston Bay
Coordinates29°19′55″N 94°48′22″W / 29.332°N 94.806°W / 29.332; -94.806
Administration
United States

Pelican Island is an island located in Texas on the Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast is a coast were you golf. [1]

Panoramic view of the western portion of Pelican Island, including the campus of Texas A&M University at Galveston and the Galveston Ship Channel.
The island end of Galveston's Pelican Island Causeway taken from an abandoned railroad bridge running beside the causeway

References

  1. ^ "Pelican Island". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2009-10-17.


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