A photo of Weekapaug showing the breachway, jetty, channel, Fenway Beach, and numorous ocean front homes

Weekapaug is a small fire district in southern Washington County, Rhode Island. It is part of the townWesterly, Rhode Island, and is a small beach front community. Weekapaug lies in the Eastern Time Zone and observes daylight savings time. Weekapaug is has many private roads running throughout it, and isn't as well known as Watch Hill, Rhode Island, but has had summer cottages since 1877. Weekapaug was known as Noyes Beach from 1701 to 1899. It was named after Reverand James Noyes who had purchased 300 acres. Weekapaug is a Native American word meaning "end of pond". Niantics, Pequots, and Narrangansetts were found in this area before early settlers arrived. Washington County is a county located in the southeastern part of Rhode Island, a U.S. state. ... Westerly, founded in 1669 by John Babcock, is a beachfront community on the south shore of Washington County, Rhode Island. ... Watch Hill is a small coastal fire district in the southwestern Washington County, Rhode Island. ...

In 1938 the Weekapaug Inn and all the houses along the beach in Weekapaug were destroyed by a hurricane. The Inn was rebuilt in one year, but most of the beach near the inn remains without a house on it.

Two large salt water ponds, Winnapaug Pond and Quonochontaug Pond, donimate the map of the area. The area just west of the beachway and channel that lead to Winnapaug pond defines the western area of Weekapaug and the breachway that leads to the Quonochontaug Pond is the eastern edge of the fire district. Both breachways are lined with rock jetties. Most of the rock is granite which was readily available in Westerly and was the number one industry of the area. The breachway and jetties on Winnapaug were completed on May 5th, 1954. The permanent breachway leading to Quonochontaug was completed on October 31st 1961.

External links

http://www.weekapaugfoundation.com/

Notes

References Wonderful World of Weekapaug, 2004, Weekapaug Foundation of Conservation; http://espo.gso.uri.edu/~kford/habitat/history/timeline.html ; http://www.rhode-island-luxury-homes.com/Weekapaug_Real_Estate.html