Town of Fishers Island, NY Website
Town of Fishers Island, NY Website
Fishers Island, New York, located at the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound, lies approximately two miles off the southeastern coast of Connecticut opposite Stonington. Regular passenger and auto ferry service connects the Island with New London, CT (45 minute boat ride) while smaller commuter boats run back and forth to Fishers from Noank, CT, on weekdays only, primarily carrying workers (20 minute boat ride). As a seasonal resort, the Island’s population fluctuates greatly. The year-round population was 236 in the 2010 census. This off-season number increases to several thousand during peak summer periods.
Although Fishers Island is geographically close to the Connecticut coast, it is politically a hamlet of the Town of Southold, NY, at the eastern end of Long Island. This unusual arrangement can be traced to the Duke of York’s 1664 land patent, a document that trumped Connecticut’s prior claims to the seven-mile long island. The bitterly disputed boundary line wasn’t finally settled until 1879/80.
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