Falkner Island (also called Faulkner's Island) is a 2.87-acre (1.16 ha) crescent-shaped island located in Long Island Sound 3 miles (5 km) off Guilford, Connecticut, United States. The island has been visited by the Native Americans for thousands of years. Its Quinnipiac name is "Massancummock", meaning "the place of the great fish hawks". In 1641, Henry Whitfield and the founders of Guilford purchased the island from the Mohegan tribe's sachem, Uncas, as part of a transaction for the land east of East River. Purchased by the Stone family in 1715, it remained in the family until it was sold to the government in 1801.
The Falkner Island Light was constructed in 1802 and commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson. The light is the second oldest in Connecticut and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The lighthouse was automated in 1978, and continues to operate as a navigational aid to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. The island is part of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge and has the fifth-largest colony of nesting roseate terns in the northeastern United States. Much of the island's land mass has been lost to erosion, down to about 2.87 acres (11,600 m2) from its original 4.5 acres (18,000 m2). The United States Army Corps of Engineers reinforced the eastern boundary to slow the advancing deterioration.
FalknerIsland (also called Faulkner's Island) is a 2.87-acre (1.16 ha) crescent-shaped island located in Long Island Sound 3 miles (5 km) off Guilford...
FalknerIsland Light, also known as the Faulkner Island Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on FalknerIsland which is off Guilford...
Falkner may refer to: Adam Falkner (author), American author Allen Falkner (born 1969), American artist Brian Falkner (author) (born 1962), popular New...
marshlands behind them. The Captain Islands off Greenwich, Connecticut, along with the Norwalk Islands and FalknerIsland off Guilford, Connecticut, are parts...
and contains: 32.0 0.0 0.0 -32.0 691200.0 4576000.0 The position of FalknerIsland light on the map image is: x = 171 pixels from left y = 343 pixels from...
William Clark Falkner (July 6, 1825 or 1826 – November 6, 1889) was a military veteran, businessman, and author in northern Mississippi. He is most notable...
There have been many FalknerIsland Light keepers throughout the history of the lighthouse. The FalknerIsland Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut...
Island to Execution Rocks at the west end of Long Island Sound. She also provided fuel and water to several lighthouses including the FalknerIsland Lighthouse...
This is a list of islands of Connecticut. The list does not include named minor rock outcroppings, former islands that are now connected to the mainland...
mouth of the Norwalk River on northern Long Island Sound. The island, at the time known as "White Island", was purchased by Captain Robert Sheffield in...
Thomas Falkner (6 October 1707 – 30 January 1784) was an English Jesuit missionary, explorer and physician, active in the Patagonia region for nearly...
one in New York on the east end of Long Island, two of which still stand at New London, and Falkner'sIsland. The lighthouse, which was first activated...
William Cuthbert Falkner was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi, the first of four sons of Murry Cuthbert Falkner (1870–1932) and Maud...
Bodie Island. Tropical storm-force winds overspread Long Island and Connecticut, including a peak measurement of 58 mph (93 km/h) at FalknerIsland. A tropical...
Chef Burrell Brooklyn Bridge : Chef Falkner WINNER: Anne Burrell BOTTOM TWO: Marcus Samuelsson and Elizabeth Falkner Secret Ingredient Showdown: Bagels...
occasions. Monica Falkner was born on 8 April 1996 in Ōpōtiki in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand. Falkner is descended from...
2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010. Münchow, Andreas; Falkner, Kelly K.; Melling, Humfrey (2015). "Baffin Island and West Greenland Current Systems in northern...
previously constructed the 1801 New London Harbor Light and the 1802 FalknerIsland Light, constructed a wooden tower that was lit and made operational...
Brian Falkner (born 20 July 1962) is a novelist who was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He has one brother and two sisters. He attended The University...
Legends, A Historical Guide to Lighthouses of Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound, and Block Island Sound", Harlan Hamilton, Westcott Publishing Company...
(Middle Ground) Light, is a lighthouse on a shoal in the middle of Long Island Sound approximately halfway between Port Jefferson, New York and Bridgeport...
Penfield Reef at the south side of Black Rock Harbor entrance on the Long Island Sound, off the coast of Fairfield, Connecticut. Constructed in 1874, it...
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