- This article is about Governor Island in Connecticut, see also Governor Island (Georgian Bay) in Ontario
Governor Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The Thimble Islands are an Archipelago of small Islands in Long Island Sound, in and near the harbor of Stony Creek Connecticut in the southeast Stony Creek is a shorefront section of Branford Connecticut, centered on a Harbor on Long Island Sound, in the southeast corner of the town Branford is a town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, eight miles (13 km east of New Haven. It has 14 residences, although at this time none is inhabited year-round.
References
- Wealthy Widow Buying Up Thimbles, "New Haven Register", January 22, 2006, page A1
- Half a Mile Off the Coast; Stacey Stowe; "In the Region/Connecticut", New York Times, July 30, 2006; Real Estate page 10. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
one of the oldest houses on the island was built in 1880 and still is held in the original family's name "simpson".
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