Dutch Island (Rhode Island)
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Dutch Island is an island lying west of Conanicut Island at an entrance to Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA. The island is a part of the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island, and has a land area of 0.4156 km² (102.7 acres). It was uninhabited as of the 2000 census.
Dutch Island's Indian name was Quotenis. In 1625 the Dutch West India Company establised a trading post on the island to trade with the Narragansett Indians, trading Dutch goods, cloths, implements. and liquors for the Indians' furs, fish, and venison. The island was purchased from the Indians in 1654. During the American Civil War, the island was used by battalions of the 14th Regiment of the R.I. Heavy Artillery. The federal government took over the island in 1863 and constructed earthen batteries. The tunnels and gun emplacements of Fort Greble were built after the Spanish-American War and enlarged until 1902. As of 2007, the island is part of the Bay Islands Park system of Rhode Island. It is easily acessible by kayak today off the coast of Conanicut Island (Jamestown). There are few remnants of the Dutch trading post today, but a lighthouse and military buildings remain on the island.
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- Dutch Island: Block 4050, Census Tract 415, Newport County, Rhode Island United States Census Bureau
- Dutch Island Lighthouse History
- Lighthouse Details
| Dutch empire |
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| Former colonies |
| Africa: Arguin Island - Cape Colony - Lydsaamheid fort & factory in Delagoa Bay - Dutch Gold Coast - Gorée - Mauritius |
| The Americas: Berbice - New Holland (in Brazil) (part), Dutch Brazil - Dutch Guiana - Demerara - Essequibo annex Pomeroon New Netherland (New Amsterdam, New Sweden) - Tobago - Virgin Islands (part) |
| Asia & Oceania: Ceylon - Dutch India (Dutch Bengal - Coromandel Coast - Malabar Coast) - Deshima island, Japan - Dutch East Indies - Malacca - Netherlands New Guinea - Taiwan |
| Artic: Smeerenburg on Amsterdam island |
| See also: Dutch East India Company - Dutch West India Company |
| Present colonies |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands: Netherlands Antilles - Aruba |
