Block Island is located at the eastern end of Long Island Sound
at 41.2° north and 71.5° west. It is composed of 7,000 acres,
and is seven miles long and three miles across. The island is a
part of Washington County, Rhode Island as the town of New
Shoreham, located about 14 miles of the Rhode Island coast at
Point Judith. The island has about 1000 year round residents,
which grows to over 10000 residents and visitors during the
summer months. The geography of the island is dominated by the
Great Salt Pond near the center of the island, and is the
location of the main harbor for the island. Block Island was
created during the last ice age, when large glaciers spread
across New England, carving out the landscape and depositing
large piles of debris off the coast. This debris was then
compacted by the glaciers, and created many of the islands to
the south of New England, including Nantucket, Martha's
Vineyard, Long Island, and Block Island. The island was the home
to the Manissean tribe, which was a part of the