Rabbitt Island is a small island in Wickford Harbor,

Narragansett Bay Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering , of which is in Rhode Island. The bay forms New England's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor and includes a small archipelago. Sma ...

Wickford, Rhode Island Wickford is a small village in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, which is named after Wickford in Essex, England. Wickford is located on the west side of Narragansett Bay, just about a 20-minute drive across two bridges fro ...

. Roger Williams received the island from Chief

Canonicus Canonicus (c. 1565 – June 4, 1647) was a chief of the Narragansett Indigenous Peoples. He was wary of the colonial settlers, but he ultimately befriended Roger Williams and other settlers. Biography Canonicus was born around 1565,Benjami ...

' wife as a gift for a place to raise his goats. Richard Smith, who built

Smith's Castle Smith's Castle, built in 1678, is a house museum at 55 Richard Smith Drive, near Wickford, a village in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. Smith's Castle is one of the oldest houses in the state. It was designated a National Historic ...

, later owned the island.

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Islands of Narragansett Bay
*Frederic Denlson, ''Narragansett Sea and Shore'', (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879) *George L. Seavey, ''Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.'' Islands of Washington County, Rhode Island Islands of Narragansett Bay Islands of Rhode Island {{RhodeIsland-geo-stub