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Islands Of The Northeast United States
Connecticut Fairfield County *Carting Island, Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford *Goose Island (Connecticut), Goose Island, Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford *Long Island (Connecticut), Long Island, Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford *Norwalk Islands, Norwalk, Connecticut, Norwalk *Peacock Island (Connecticut), Peacock Island, Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford *Pope's Flat, Stratford, Connecticut, Stratford Middlesex County *Cedar Island (Connecticut), Cedar Island, Clinton, Connecticut, Clinton *Duck Island (Westbrook, Connecticut), Duck Island, Westbrook, Connecticut, Westbrook *Menunketesuck Island, Westbrook, Connecticut, Westbrook *Salt Island (Connecticut), Salt Island, Westbrook, Connecticut, Westbrook New Haven County *Charles Island, Connecticut, Charles Island, Milford, Connecticut, Milford *Duck Island (Milford, Connecticut), Duck Island, Milford, Connecticut, Milford *Fowler Island, Milford, Connecticut, Milford *Nells Island, Milford, Connecticut, Milford *Thimble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carting Island
Carting Island is the largest of the four islands owned by Stratford, Connecticut, in the Housatonic River between I-95 and the Merritt Parkway. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, east of Peacock Island (Connecticut), and southwest of Long Island (Connecticut), and Pope's Flat, it is also south of Fowler Island in Milford and the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge. The island is uninhabited except for occasional visits by anglers, bird watchers and duck hunters. All transportation to and from the island is by boat. From 2011, the island was part of a multi-year wetland restoration report by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, NOAA, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The project goal was to eradicate an invasive species of plant known as Phragmites ''Phragmites'' () is a genus of four species of large perennial plant, perennial reed (plant), reed Poaceae, grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fowler Island
Fowler Island is the sole island owned by Milford, Connecticut north of I-95 in the Housatonic River. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, and south of the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge. The island is uninhabited except for occasional visits by anglers, bird watchers and duck hunters; all transportation to the island is by boat. The island's maximum elevation is approximately . The mercury content was evaluated in 2003 at ~300 to 5000 ppb. From 2011 the island was part of a multi-year wetland restoration report by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, NOAA, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The project goal was to eradicate an invasive species of plant known as Phragmites ''Phragmites'' () is a genus of four species of large perennial plant, perennial reed (plant), reed Poaceae, grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Taxonomy The World Checklist of Selected Plant Famili ....https: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Island
Cape May consists of a peninsula and barrier island system in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is roughly coterminous with Cape May County and runs southwards from the New Jersey mainland, separating Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. The southernmost point in both New Jersey and the northeastern United States lies on the cape. A number of resort communities line the Atlantic side of the cape, including Ocean City, the most populous community on the cape, The Wildwoods, known for its architecturally significant hotel district, and the city of Cape May, which has served as a resort community since the mid-1700s, making it the oldest such resort in the U.S. As 2024, the population is 2,757 with 90% being white. Etymology The peninsula is named for Cornelius Jacobsen May, a Dutch explorer who worked for the Dutch East India Company. Geography and ecology The peninsula comprises the municipalities of Avalon, Cape May, Cape May Point, Dennis Township, Lower Township, Midd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burlington Island
Burlington Island is a island located in the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the United States. Burlington Island is officially part of the city of Burlington, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is an uninhabited scenic landmark in the Delaware River. Burlington Island Lake is a large artificial lagoon within the island. Fort Wilhelmus The indigenous Lenape population called the island Matennecunk. In 1624, Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, the first Director of New Netherland planted an initial settlement of two families and eight men on what they called Hooghe Eylandt (High Island), making it the site of the first European settlement in what would become New Jersey. The factorij, or trading-post, called Fort Wilhelmus was completed under the direction of the 2nd director, Willem Verhulst, who lent his name to the island. Originally the Dutch West India Company intended to create a headquarters for the new province of New Netherland at what they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigantine Island
Brigantine Island (also known as Brigantine Beach Island) is an island off the Atlantic Ocean coast of New Jersey, located northeast of Atlantic City. It is long. The resort community of Brigantine is located on the island. The island is accessible via Route 87, which terminates at the end of the Brigantine Bridge, after crossing the Absecon Inlet. After crossing the channel, the road's designation changes to County Route 638 (Brigantine Boulevard). The Brigantine Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Brigantine Island. It was built in 1926 by the Island Development Real Estate Company to attract people to Brigantine Island and not as an operating lighthouse, somewhat like Lucy the Elephant to the south. Geography Brigantine Island is a barrier island along the Atlantic Ocean between Brigantine Inlet on the northeast, and Absecon Inlet Absecon Inlet is a narrow strait on the southeastern coast of New Jersey, United States.''Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artificial Island, New Jersey
Artificial Island is a U.S. island located along the eastern shore of the Delaware River, mostly in southwestern New Jersey with a tiny portion inside Delaware's boundaries. It is part of both Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey and New Castle County, Delaware. The island is separated from mainland New Jersey by Alloway Creek and Hope Creek. It is called "artificial" since portions of the island are composed of land reclaimed from Delaware Bay. Geography The island is geographically unusual since it contains one of two tiny pene-exclaves of the state of Delaware, which is created by the Delaware-New Jersey land border crossing the northern tip of the island, an area that is completely cut off from the rest of Delaware across the Delaware River to the west, and has no road connections to it. New Jersey is separated from Delaware by the Delaware River except for these two areas, which has a land border. The only land access to this exclave at the north tip of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absecon Island
Absecon Island is a barrier island located on the South Jersey Shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. On the island from north to south are the resort communities of Atlantic City, Ventnor City, Margate City, and Longport, with a total population among the four communities of 53,917 as of the 2020 United States census. The island ends at Absecon Inlet to the north and Great Egg Harbor Inlet to the south. Geography A barrier island, Absecon Island extends between Absecon Inlet on the northeast and Great Egg Harbor Inlet to the southwest. Absecon Island was described in 1834 as, An 1878 description of Absecon Island is, ''viz'', History Absecon's earliest European settlers were English who earned their living clamming and oystering. Land there was bought not for farming but for control of the waterways. The name Absecon came from the word "Absegami" or little water, named by the Native Americans living along Absecon Creek. In 1695, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Brother Island, Connecticut
North Brother Island is a small island in Long Island Sound, part of the town of East Lyme, Connecticut East Lyme is a New England town, town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 18,693 at the 2020 .... Its coordinates are , just off the coast. Its companion, South Brother Island is also a part of the town of East Lyme. Its coordinates are 41 degrees, 17 minutes 22 seconds North and 72 degrees, 14 minutes, 22 seconds West. References East Lyme, Connecticut Coastal islands of Connecticut Landforms of New London County, Connecticut {{Connecticut-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lyme, Connecticut
East Lyme is a New England town, town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 18,693 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The villages of Niantic, Connecticut, Niantic and Flanders, Connecticut, Flanders are located in the town. Geography East Lyme is located in southern New London County, west of Waterford, Connecticut, Waterford and Montville, Connecticut, Montville, east of Lyme, Connecticut, Lyme and Old Lyme, Connecticut, Old Lyme, and south of Salem, Connecticut, Salem. Long Island Sound is to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 19%, is water. Villages The town consists primarily of two villages, Flanders and Niantic, Connecticut, Niantic. It is common for the town of East Lyme to be erroneously called "Niantic", due to this side of town be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Brother Island, Connecticut
North Brother Island is a small island in Long Island Sound, part of the town of East Lyme, Connecticut East Lyme is a New England town, town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 18,693 at the 2020 .... Its coordinates are , just off the coast. Its companion, South Brother Island is also a part of the town of East Lyme. Its coordinates are 41 degrees, 17 minutes 22 seconds North and 72 degrees, 14 minutes, 22 seconds West. References East Lyme, Connecticut Coastal islands of Connecticut Landforms of New London County, Connecticut {{Connecticut-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stonington, Connecticut
Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington (borough), Connecticut, Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Connecticut, Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock Cove, Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic, Connecticut, Mystic and Old Mystic. Stonington is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population of the town was 18,335 at the 2020 census. The town is home to many restored homes and preserves its long nautical history. History The first European colonists to arrive include William Chesebrough and Walter Palmer (Puritan), Walter Palmer in Wequetequock Cove, Wequetequock, Thomas Minor in Quiambaug, and Thomas Stanton (settler), Thomas Stanton in Pawcatuck. Stanton established a trading house in the Pawcatuck, Connecticut, Pawcatuck section of town in 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Island (Connecticut)
Ram Island is a small island off the coast of Mystic, Connecticut. It is located in the Town of Stonington, approximately offshore, between Mystic and Fishers Island. Once called Mystic Island, it was formerly the site of an exclusive Victorian era hotel resort at which steamships from Boston and New York City stopped twice a day. At the height of its popularity, the hotel played host to a world lightweight bare-knuckle boxing championship. By the 1920s, the hotel had fallen into disrepair and was destroyed in the New England Hurricane of 1938. A motel was later built that catered to transient boaters. The island has served as a seasonal private residence and farm since 1978. However, fires in February 2013 and March 2014 destroyed the barn and home. See also * The village of Noank, Connecticut is the nearest inhabited land, and also home to the namesake Ram Island Yacht Club. * Mason's Island, Enders Island, North Dumpling Island, and Fishers Island, New York Fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
