Around Great Island - July 18, 2021

Horseshoe Point Cottage

For the past ten-years we have been spending our two-week summer vacation at a cottage at the tip of Great Island on Horseshoe Point in Point Judith Pond. I always start off my vacation with a trip around Great Island.

Point Judith Pond, or the Great Salt Pond, is the second largest of Rhode Island’s South County salt ponds. Separated in the south behind sand dunes and barrier beaches, Point Judith Pond is connected to the ocean through the Breachway at Galilee.

View down to the Breachway

Great Island is one of three large islands on the pond - the other two are Harbor Island and Ram Island. Great Island is about 2 miles long and 1/2 mile wide, and full of summer cottages. The day was cloudy and breezy as I headed out. I paddled down around Frank’s Neck and Ram Head before heading into Bluff Hill Cove and paddling under the bridge into Galilee.

The fishing village of Galilee was developed in 1935 when the State of Rhode Island dredged out a harbor suitable for commercial fishing vessels. It was low tide so I was able to take a break on the sand bars that get reveled in the middle if the pond between Galilee and Snug Harbor. After snapping a few pictures I headed back up the east side of the inland to the cottage.

Taking a break on one of the sand bars

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