Rabbit Island (Rhode Island) Explained

Rabbitt Island is a small island in Wickford Harbor, Narragansett Bay, Wickford, Rhode Island. Roger Williams received the island from Chief Canonicus' wife as a gift for a place to raise his goats.^[1] Richard Smith, who built Smith's Castle, later owned the island.

External links

• 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.

41.5806°N -71.4539°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goats, fishing shaped history.