Fayerweather Island

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41°8′35″N 73°12′58″W / 41.14306°N 73.21611°W / 41.14306; -73.21611 Fayerweather Island is a 7+1⁄2-acre land mass in Long Island Sound. Part of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, it is located south of the city's Seaside Park. The island contains a resurgent coastal forest composed primarily of white oak (Quercus alba) and Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) growth. It is home to the Black Rock Harbor Light, built in 1823, at the mouth of Black Rock Harbor.^[1]