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Mason's Island (Algonquin: ''Chippachaug - meaning: a separated place'') is an inhabited island at the mouth of the
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Mason's Island Marina
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Mystic River Marina
are located on the north end of the island. Mason's Island is connected to the mainland by a causeway.
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Accessed January 25, 2009.
Mason's Island Property Owners AssociationTownship of Stonington
{{authority control Mystic, Connecticut Stonington, Connecticut Landforms of New London County, Connecticut River islands of Connecticut Long Island Sound
Mason's Island (Algonquin: ''Chippachaug - meaning: a separated place'') is an inhabited island at the mouth of the Mystic River
The Mystic River is a riverU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 in Massachusetts, in the United States. In Massachusett, means "large estuary," alluding to t ...
, in Stonington, Connecticut. The island was named after Major John Mason who was granted the island in recognition for his military services in the 1637 Pequot War in nearby Mystic. This island remained in the Mason family for over 250 years, from 1651 to 1913. Since then the Allyn family have been stewards of it, and most of the island is owned by the Mason's Island Company and regulated by property deeds under the Mason's Island Property Owners AssociationMIPOA
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Mason's Island Marina
and th
Mystic River Marina
are located on the north end of the island. Mason's Island is connected to the mainland by a causeway.
Geography
The island is approximately in area overall, being in length north-south and in width east-west and is formed by solid granite bedrock. A quarry supplying rough granite for breakwaters (e.g. atNewport, Rhode Island
Newport is an American seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and northeast of New Yor ...
) was located at Pine Hill on the northwestern side of the island.
There is a nature preserve located in about the middle of the island. This nature preserve features a large salt marsh with surrounding woods that can be accessed by multiple trails. In the southern end of the island there is a large fresh water pond that was formerly used for harvesting ice.Accessed January 25, 2009.
Notable natives and residents
*Mary Wilkinson Streep
Mary Wolf Wilkinson Streep (July 30, 1915 – September 29, 2001) was an American fine-artist and art editor. Her daughter is actress Meryl Streep.
Life and career
Born Mary Wolf Wilkinson in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Mary Agnes (né ...
- fine artist, editor and mother of actress Meryl Streep
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See also
* Ram Island is an island located close to Mason's Island. *Enders Island
Enders Island is an 11-acre island located within the town of Stonington, just off the coast of the Mystic section of the town, in the U.S. state of Connecticut.Tamulevich, Susan (June, 2013)"Discover peaceful Enders Island off of the coast of My ...
is an island connected to Mason's Island by a causeway.
* Fishers Island
Fishers Island (Pequot: ''Munnawtawkit'') is an island that is part of Southold, New York, United States at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound. About long and wide, it ...
is an island located close to Mason's Island.
References
External links
Mason's Island Property Owners Association
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