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Paget Island

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The island's most prominent feature is Fort Cunningham, when the first Governor Richard Moore came in 1612 he recognized that Paget Island was the route from St. George to the Atlantic and any enemy vessel would come through here, the first battery built as far back as 1612, expanded in 1619, major
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The island itself is not easily accessible due to no regular ferry service. With advance permission from the Bermuda Government's Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation campers may stay on a 20-acre campsite, but only one group at a time.
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works continued in the 1700s and 1800s, it is of historical importance, but now in a state of disrepair. In 1746 due to the high number of Prisoners of War and again during World War II it served as an
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The 36 acre (14.5 hectare) island is located at the northern entrance to
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Paget Island, Bermuda
Paget Parish

32°22′31″N 64°39′36″W / 32.37528°N 64.66000°W / 32.37528; -64.66000
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St. George's Parish
St. George's Harbor
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Smith's Island
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