Around Great Island – July 17, 2022

Our cottage on Horseshoe Point

This year my summer vacation on Point Judith in Narragansett started out like all the others - with a trip around Great Island in Point Judith Pond.

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.

Fishing Boats in Galilee

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 hazy and warm as I headed out. I paddled down around Frank’s Neck 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. I paddled down into the harbor to snap a few pictures of boats going through the Beachway before heading back up the west side of the island to the cottage.

Harbor buoy in Galilee - Jerusalem in the background

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