The Pelham Islands is a historical name for a group of islands in western Long Island Sound that once belonged to Thomas Pell. Long Island Sound is an Estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various Rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut Dates may not be entirely accurate in this article due to disagreements between sources The main islands to this group are City Island, Hart Island, Hunters Island, Twin Island, Goose Island, Davids' Island, High Island, Rat Island, the Chimney Sweeps, the Blauzes and Travers Island. City Island is a small Island approximately 15 mi (24 km long by. Hart Island, sometimes referred to as Hart's Island is a small island in New York City at the western end of Long Island Sound. Hunter Island' is a small island in northeast Bronx, New York. Twin Island is part of Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx and also part of the Hunter Island Marine Sanctuary Goose Island is the name of a town and two uninhabited islands in New York State. Davids' Island is a 78 acre island off the coast of New Rochelle New York, in Long Island Sound. High Island is a small private island part of The Pelham Islands group in the New York City borough of The Bronx. This article is about the island in New York For the island in Alaska see Rat Island (Alaska. The Chimney Sweeps Islands are a pair of small Islands located within New York City in the northern part of City Island Harbor in the borough The Blauzes are two small islands in City Island Harbor, off the northern tip of Hart Island.
City Island is by far the largest, and the only one currently populated. Hart Island, which is the second largest, formerly housed a prison, but is now uninhabited, and is currently used as a potters field. A potter's field is a place for the burial of unknown or indigent people Along with David's Island, it has had a variety of military uses over the years, including its use as the site of Fort Slocum. Fort Slocum New York was a US military base occupying Davids Island and Hart Island at the western end of Long Island Sound.
Pell purchased the islands (and much of the surrounding area) from the Siwanoy tribe, also known as the Minneford tribe. The Native American Siwanoy or Sinanoy were a band of Algonquian-speaking people the Wappani, in what is now the New York City area Before Pell bought these islands, they were known as The Minneford Islands after its two main islands, Greater Minneford Island (City Island) and Lesser Minneford Island (Hart Island). The islands are thus sometimes also known as the Minneford Islands. These islands were once part of the town of Pelham, but are now mostly part of The Bronx, except for David's Island and Goose Island which are part of New Rochelle. New Rochelle ( French: Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in the south-east portion of the U
Hunters Island and Twin Island are now part of Pelham Bay Park, and are no longer islands; they were connected to Rodman's Neck by landfill in the 1930s when Orchard Beach was constructed. Pelham Bay Park, located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of The Bronx, is at 2764 acres (11 km² the largest public Park For other uses see Water treatment and Land reclamation. A landfill, also known as a dump (and historically as Orchard Beach is a public Beach in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. One third of Pelham Bay was filled in to make the beach and its parking lot.
Travers Island is now connected to the mainland by landfill and is part of a park in New Rochelle, New York. New Rochelle ( French: Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in the south-east portion of the U High Island is the site of several commercial radio transmitters. Goose Island, Rat Island, the Chimney Sweeps, and the Blauzes are nothing more than small outcroppings of rock.
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Green Flats is a reef in City Island Harbor, between City Island and Rat Island. Execution Rocks Lighthouse is a large Lighthouse located in the middle of Long Island Sound between Davids' Island in New Rochelle and Eastchester Bay is a protected body of water between City Island and the mainland Bronx, New York. The Cuban Ledge New York is a Reef composed chiefly of Sand and small rocks in Eastchester Bay, The Bronx, in Long Island SoundDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic