Fairmount Park in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Joe Burk
Burk-Bergman Boathouse
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • Sports • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Distinguished Service Cross/Navy Cross/Air Force Cross Recipients series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1934.
Location. 39° 58.18′ N, 75° 11.293′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. It is on Kelly Drive east of Lemon Hill Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 11 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia PA 19130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Pilgrim (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Thorfinn Karlsefni (about 500 feet away); Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia (about 600 feet away); The PECO Challenge (about 700 feet away); Fairmount Dam Fishway (about 800 feet away); Henry Penn Burke
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