Whale Rock

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Whale Rock is the smallest island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.

Whale Rock is located west of the Beavertail area on Conanicut Island (Jamestown, Rhode Island) in the West Passage to Narragansett Bay. The island received its name because it is shaped like a whale's back and caused many shipwrecks prior to the construction of a lighthouse. A lighthouse was built on the rock in 1882, but the Hurricane of 1938 destroyed the lighthouse killing the keeper. Currently, no light exists on Whale Rock, and only part of the lighthouse foundation remains.

[edit] References and external links

• Whale Rock Lighthouse information
• Islands of Narragansett Bay
• Frederic Denlson, Narragansett Sea and Shore, (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879)
• George L. Seavey, Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.

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