Fishers Island is an island that is part of Southold, New York, United States at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, 2 miles off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound.
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22 Facts About Fisher's Island
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Fishers Fisher's Island is essentially a long barrow of rocky till scoured from the surface of southern Connecticut.
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Wicopesset Fisher's Island is the northernmost area of Suffolk County, New York, and previously the southernmost area of New London County, Connecticut.
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North Dumpling Fisher's Island is a small, privately owned island north of the coast of North Hill, that serves as the home of the North Dumpling Lighthouse.
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South Dumpling Fisher's Island is another small island north of the coast of North Hill, that is located southeast of North Dumpling Fisher's Island.
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Mason's Fisher's Island is an inhabited island at the mouth of the Mystic River in Stonington, Connecticut.
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Enders Fisher's Island is an inhabited island located in Stonington, Connecticut, used as a Catholic retreat center, owned and operated by the Society of Saint Edmund.
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However, Ram Fisher's Island still remains within the political jurisdiction of Connecticut.
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Fishers Fisher's Island's weather is influenced by the proximity of Long Fisher's Island Sound and the ocean, and prevailing winds that generally blow offshore.
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Fisher's Island died in 1676 and his son Fitz-John installed a lessee farmer from England on the island named William Walworth.
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Fisher's Island established farmland out of the heavily forested island.
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Fishers Island remained in the Winthrop family of Connecticut until 1863, when ownership passed to Robert R Fox, and then to Edmund and Walton Ferguson, of Connecticut.
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Fisher's Island was the subject of a border dispute between New York and Connecticut.
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Fisher's Island was a target of British soldiers during the Revolutionary War, who raided islands in Long Fisher's Island Sound for supplies.
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Many of the residents of Fishers Fisher's Island took their herds to the relative safety of Connecticut in 1776.
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Until the 1950s, Fishers Fisher's Island had the look of Ireland: stone walls, few trees, and windswept moors.
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Fisher's Island has closer links with Connecticut, 2 miles to its north, than with the rest of New York, 10 miles to the southwest.
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Only way for New York state troopers to get to Fishers Fisher's Island is to travel through Connecticut and take the ferry from New London.
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One of the main streets on Fishers Fisher's Island is named after Connecticut's John Winthrop the Younger.
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Fisher's Island has several beaches and a harbor, two country clubs, and a yacht club.
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Fishers Fisher's Island Club, known as "The Big Club, " is at the island's eastern tip and owns a Seth Raynor-designed links golf course that was rated ninth on Golf Digest's 2009 list of America's 100 greatest golf courses.
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Clavin said Fishers Fisher's Island residents felt this was inadequate and that the removal of a Fishers Fisher's Island resident from the Southhold zoning board of appeals led to calls for secession from New York and incorporation into Connecticut.
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