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    Little Narragansett Bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean and an estuary of the Pawcatuck River on the Rhode Island–Connecticut state line. It is sheltered...
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    Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering 147 square miles (380 km2), 120.5 square miles (312 km2) of which...
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  • attached to Napatree Point. Both Napatree and Sandy Point shelter Little Narragansett Bay and have made Watch Hill a popular harbor around which the business...
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    Walter K. Babcock Some present-day Narragansett people believe that their name means "people of the little points and bays". Pritzker's Native American Encyclopedia...
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    swam several miles up the river to Westerly, Rhode Island from Little Narragansett Bay at the east end of Fishers Island Sound. It spent several hours...
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    seal. The river flows from 15 mi (24 km) inland, emptying into Little Narragansett Bay. It also serves as the boundary between Westerly and Pawcatuck...
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    the north of the peninsula is Little Narragansett Bay, a small estuary into which the Pawcatuck River empties. The small bay is an inlet of the Atlantic...
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  • Prudence Island, Rhode Island Sandy Point Island, a small island in Little Narragansett Bay Sandy Point, Texas, a town of that state Sandy Point, Virginia...
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  • coast of Maine, U.S. Little Machias Bay, a bay in Cutler, Washington County, Maine, U.S. Little Narragansett Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the Rhode...
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    Conservancy, the Narragansett turkey is a "historic variety, unique to North America" and is named for Narragansett Bay. The Narragansett has plumage with...
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  • commonly referred to as Sandy Point) is a 35-acre (14 ha) island in Little Narragansett Bay, lying mostly in Westerly, Rhode Island and partly in Stonington...
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  • Island in Little Narragansett Bay. New Jersey and New York share Shooter's Island, a bird sanctuary located in the south end of Newark Bay off the north...
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  • Northeast Corridor. Sandy Point Island is nearby southwest along Little Narragansett Bay. 41°20′27″N 71°53′07″W / 41.34083°N 71.88528°W / 41.34083; -71...
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    Borough of Stonington occupies a point of land that projects into Little Narragansett Bay. It has two main streets that link Cannon Square and Wadawanuck...
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  • Bay Narragansett Bay Plymouth Bay Popponesset Bay Quincy Bay Waquoit Bay Anchor Bay Ashmun Bay Au Train Bay Bete Grise Bay Big Bay de Noc Brest Bay East...
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    of Narragansett Bay was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. It coordinated the coast defenses of Narragansett Bay and...
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    that housed nearly 40 families between the Atlantic Ocean and Little Narragansett Bay just off of Watch Hill. Napatree is now a wildlife refuge with...
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    Judith area of Narragansett, Rhode Island. During World War II this was a coastal defense fort, and together with Fort Church in Little Compton, it superseded...
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    Point Judith, Rhode Island (category Narragansett Bay)
    village and a small cape, on the coast of Narragansett, Rhode Island, on the western side of Narragansett Bay where it opens out onto Rhode Island Sound...
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  • 249083 Narragansett Bay divides the state of Rhode Island into two parts. The term East Bay refers to communities on the east side of the bay, including...
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    attacked and plundered their village. The Bay Colony governor responded by threatening to allow the Narragansetts to attack the Mohegans. For the next several...
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    tribes, initially the Wampanoags and later, the Narragansetts. In 1675, Church built a house in Little Compton, just prior to King Philip's War. Today...
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    Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven colonies each developed separate relations with the Wampanoags, Nipmucs, Narragansetts, Mohegans, Pequots...
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  • Island Wildlife Management Area Stonington New London 1013 410 Little Narragansett Bay Marshes. Parking at the Barn Island Boat Launch and South East...
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    of conscience on spiritual matters. He named three islands in the Narragansett Bay after Christian virtues: Patience, Prudence, and Hope Islands. In 1637...
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  • Aquidnic: (Narragansett) "the island" Rhode Island Niwosaket: (Narragansett) "place of two brooks" Woonsocket Manisses: (Narragansett) "little god"; (Niantic)...
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    Rhode Island (redirect from Little Rhody)
    its capital and most populous city. Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years before English settlers began arriving in the...
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    between Florida and New Brunswick in 1524, including New York Bay and Narragansett Bay. Verrazzano was born in Val di Greve, south of Florence, the capital...
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    Buzzards Bay, via the Mattapoisett River and is connected to Great Quittacas through Snipituit Brook. The other great ponds drain into Narragansett Bay through...
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  • Wood Dove Lone Wolf Little Bear Geake, Robert A. (2011). A History of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island: Keepers of the Bay. Charleston, SC: The...
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