Winter Sunset Freeport
by John Telfer
Title
Winter Sunset Freeport
Artist
John Telfer
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Photograph - Photography
Description
FAA WATERCOLOR MARK DOES NOT APPEAR ON FINAL SALES
Photograph taken in the coldest part of the winter right on the water as the sun was setting over Freeport, New York, located on the south shore of Long Island. reeport (officially The Incorporated Village of Freeport) is a village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 42,860 at the 2010 census.[1] A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community. It is now primarily a bedroom suburb but retains a modest commercial waterfront and some light industry. The village is racially and ethnically diverse: the 2000 census shows the population as 42.9% White, 32.6% African American, and 33.5% Hispanic or Latino of any race. Freeport lies on the south shore of Long Island,[2] in the southwestern part of Nassau County, within the town of Hempstead. Freeport has its own municipal electric utility, police department, fire, and water departments. Freeport is New York State's second-biggest village[3] and has a station on the Long Island Rail Road.
The south part of the village is penetrated by several canals that allow access to the Atlantic Ocean by means of passage through salt marshes. The oldest of these canals is the late 19th century Woodcleft Canal.[2] Freeport has extensive small-boat facilities and a resident fishing fleet, as well as charter and open fishing boats.
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February 16th, 2012
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