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| Location | New Rochelle, New York Long Island Sound |
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Huckleberry Island (or Whortleberry Island) is an island in Long Island Sound and part of New Rochelle, New York. It lies approximately three-fourths mile (1.2 km) east of Davids Island. The 10 acres (4.0 ha) island consists primarily of deciduous forest with virtually no shrubs or herbaceous growth under the canopy. The rocky shoreline supports a marine rocky intertidal community comprising one of the most southerly occurrences of this community type on the North Atlantic Coastline.[1]
In the 19th century local tradition held that the island was the location of the buried treasure of Captain William Kidd, one of the best known pirates in history.[2]
- ^ "Coastal fish & wildlife habitat rating form" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
- ^ A history of the county of Westchester, from its first settlement to the present time, 1848