Ram Island (Connecticut)

For other places with the same name, see Ram Island (disambiguation).

Ram Island

Ram Island

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Ram Island

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Geography
Location| Stonington, Connecticut,
Long Island Sound
Coordinates| 41°18′48″N 71°58′44″W﻿ / ﻿41.3134323°N 71.9789619°W﻿ / 41.3134323; -71.9789619
Area| 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Administration

United States

State| Connecticut
County| New London
City| Stonington

Ram Island is a small 20-acre (81,000 m2) island off the coast of Mystic, Connecticut. It is located in the Town of Stonington, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) offshore, between Mystic and Fishers Island. Once called Mystic Island, it was formerly the site of an exclusive Victorian era hotel resort at which steamships from Boston and New York City stopped twice a day. At the height of its popularity, the hotel played host to a world lightweight bare-knuckle boxing championship. By the 1920s, the hotel had fallen into disrepair and was destroyed in the New England Hurricane of 1938. A motel was later built that catered to transient boaters.

The island has served as a seasonal private residence and farm since 1978. However, fires in February 2013 and March 2014 destroyed the barn and home.[1]

Ram Island's location south of Mystic, Connecticut

## See also

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* Connecticut portal

* The village of Noank, Connecticut is the nearest inhabited land, and also home to the namesake Ram Island Yacht Club.
* Mason's Island, Enders Island, North Dumpling Island, and Fishers Island, New York are nearby inhabited islands.

## References

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1. ^ "Ram Island fire scene smolders; investigation of cause delayed". The Day.

## External links

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* U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ram Island. Retrieved 2008-05-02.

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Islands and peninsulas of Connecticut

Islands|

* Bear Island
* Calf Island
* Carting Island
* Cedar Island
* Charles Island
* Cut in Two Island
* Cuties Island
* Davis Island
* Duck Island
* Elihu Island
* Enders Island
* Falkner Island
* Fayerweather Island
* Fowler Island
* Goat Island
* Goose Island (Guilford)
* Goose Island (Stratford)
* Governor Island
* Grannis Island
* Great Captain Island
* Gull Rock
* Haddam Island
* High Island
* Horse Island
* Kidd's Island
* Kings Island
* Little Pumpkin Island
* Long Island
* Mason's Island
* Menunketesuck Island
* Milford Point
* Minnie Island
* Money Island
* Mother-in-Law Island
* Nells Island
* North and South Brother Islands
* Norwalk Islands
* Outer Island
* Peacock Island
* Pope's Flat
* Pot Island
* Ram Island
* Rogers Island
* Round Rock
* Sandy Point Island
* Sherwood Island
* Thimble Islands
* Tuxis Island
* Underwood Island
* Wooster Island

Peninsulas|

* City Point
* Hay Island
* Lordship
* Shippan Point
* South End of Stamford

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