Wickets Island is a island located in Onset Harbor in

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History

The island is named for Jabez Wicket, the

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who is said to have lived there in the late 18th century. The island was created during the end of the last glacial period and is a deposit of glacial moraine made up of coarse sand and soil that is a good producer of plant life, but unsuitable for agriculture. A house occupied Wickets Island from the 19th century until it burned down in 1981. In 2003, a developer purchased the island with plans to build a luxury home there. The Buzzards Bay Coalition purchased Wickets Island in 2016 as part of the developing Onset Bay Center, an on-the-water exploration center. The island is now permanently conserved and is being restored for public use for boating, paddling, quahogging, swimming, and beach exploration.

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Wicket’s Island’s Place in Wareham’s History
{{Islands and Peninsulas of Massachusetts Wareham, Massachusetts Coastal islands of Massachusetts Islands of Plymouth County, Massachusetts