Facts about Block Island

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Facts About Block Island Names When first discovered it was inhabited by Narragansett In- dians. It was first known as Manisses (Little God's Island). 1524 Called Claudia by Varrazzeno, a French explorer, who visited the Island in that year. 1614 Adrian's Eyland, or Block Island, after Adrian Block, a Dutch explorer of 1614. 1672 New Shoreham (otherwise Block Island) is the name which appears in the town charter of that date. Location South of Rhode Island, thirty. miles from Newport and twelve miles from land. Area About twenty-five square miles. It is approximately seven miles long by three and a half wide in the widest part. Fresh Water About one hundred fresh water ponds. Temperature Averages 75° F. from June to October. Bathing Waters are the warmest to be found on New England coast. COPYRIGHTED 1927 S. E MCCLEERY

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