The Pelham Islands is a historical name for a group of islands in western Long Island Sound. These islands once belonged to Thomas Pell, to whom they owe their name. New York City waterways: 1. ... Thomas Pell (born ? - 1669) was a physician who was famous for buying the area known as Pelham, Westchester, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County. ...

The main islands to this group are City Island, Hart Island, Hunters Island, Twin Island, Goose Island, David's Island, High Island, Rat Island, the Chimney Sweeps, the Blauzes and Travers Island. City Island is by far the largest, and the only one currently populated. Hart Island is the second largest, and is currently used as a potters field; along with David's Island, it has had a variety of military uses over the years. City Island is a small island approximately 1. ... Hart Island, sometimes referred to as Harts Island is a small uninhabited island in New York City at the western end of Long Island Sound. ... Hunters Island is a small island in northeast Bronx, New York. ... Twin Island is a part of Pelham Bay Park, Bronx and is next to Hunters Island. ... There are two islands named Goose Island in New York State. ... David (or Davids) Island is a small island at the western end of Long Island Sound. ... High Island is a small private island next to City Island. ... There is another Rat Island in Alaska. ... The Chimney Sweeps Islands, New York is a pair of tiny islands in the northern part of City Island Harbor. ... The Blauzes are two tiny islands in City Island Harbor, off the northern tip of Hart Island. ... The Pelham Islands is a colloquial historical name for a group of islands in western Long Island Sound. ... A potters field is a place for the burial of unknown or indigent people. ... Fort Slocum, New York was a US military base occupying Davids Island and Hart Island at the western end of Long Island Sound. ...

Pell purchased the islands (and much of the surrounding area) from the Siwanoy tribe, also known as the Minneford tribe. Before Pell bought these islands, they were known as The Minneford Islands after it's two main islands, Greater Minneford Island(City Island) and Lesser Minneford Island(Hart Island). The islands are thus sometimes also known as the Minneford Islands. These islands were once part of the town of Pelham, but are now mostly part of The Bronx, except for David's Island and Goose Island which are part of New Rochelle. The Siwanoy are a Native American tribe in the New York area. ... Main article: New York City The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... New Rochelle is a city located in Westchester County in the US state of New York, 16½ miles (26½ km) from Grand Central Station in New York City. ...

Hunters Island and Twin Island are now part of Pelham Bay Park, and are no longer islands; they were connected to Rodman's Neck by landfill in the 1930s when Orchard Beach was constructed. One third of Pelham Bay was filled in to make the beach and its parking lot. Pelham Bay Park, located in the northeast corner of the The Bronx, is the largest public park in New York City, more than three times the size of Manhattans Central Park. ... Landfill is a waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land (i. ... Orchard Beach is a public beach in the borough of The Bronx, in the City of New York. ...

High Island is the site of several commercial radio transmitters. Goose Island, Rat Island, the Chimney Sweeps, and the Blauzes are small, outcroppings of rock. In the early 1800's Rat Island is rumored to have had a typhoid quarantine hospital. This about the disease typhoid fever. ... Quarantine, a medical term (from Italian: quaranta giorni, forty days) is the act of keeping people or animals separated for a period of time before, for instance, allowing them to enter another country. ...

See also

• Green Flats Reef
• Execution Rocks Lighthouse
• Eastchester Bay
• The Cuban Ledge, New York

Green Flats is a reef in City Island Harbor, between City Island and Rat Island. ... Execution Rocks Lighthouse is a large Lighthouse in Long Island Sound, north of Sands Point. ... Eastchester Bay is a protected body of water between City Island and the mainland Bronx, New York. ... The Cuban Ledge, New York is a reef made mostly of sand and small rocks in Eastchester Bay, Bronx. ...

External links

• Satellite Map Of The Pelham Islands

• Satellite Map Of The Pelham Islands

• Nautical Chart of the Pelham Islands Group