Starvegoat Island

Starvegoat Island (or "Starve Goat Island") was a small island in the Providence River; Providence, Rhode Island. The island also appears as "Sunshine Island" on the 1927 North American datum map produced by the US Army Corps of Engineers 30th Battalion (Topographic) http://docs.unh.edu/RI/prvd47se.jpg. The island was the southeastern most point in the city of Providence. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was known for its excellent oystering. It was located off the coast of Fields Point until the passage between them was filled in during the 1950s and '60s when the area was used as a land fill. Somewhat ironically, the approximate location of the island is now an educational center for Save the Bay https://www.savebay.org/baycenter , and one of its features is the re-creation of a natural coastal buffer zone.

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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.

Narragansett Bay

Islands	Aquidneck Island Conanicut Island Prudence Island Patience Island Hog Island Dutch Island Coaster's Harbor Island Cornelius Island Despair Island Dyer Island Fox Island Goat Island Gould Island Greene Island Hope Island Lime Rock Rabbit Island Rock Island Rose Island Starvegoat Island Whale Rock

Major rivers	Blackstone River Pawtuxet River Providence River Taunton River Sakonnet River Seekonk River

Cities & towns	Providence Newport Cranston Warwick East Providence Barrington Bristol East Greenwich Jamestown Middletown Narragansett North Kingstown Portsmouth Warren

Bridges	Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge Mount Hope Bridge Sakonnet River Bridge Jamestown Bridge

Coordinates: 41°46′48″N 71°22′29″W / 41.78000°N 71.37472°W / 41.78000; -71.37472

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