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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has been warning boaters to avoid going near the breachway after it was damaged by winter storms. 3 hurt in boating crash near ...
Charlestown Breachway State Beach is a seaside public recreation area on Block Island Sound in the town of Charlestown, Rhode Island. It is located on the east side of the manmade channel (the "Breachway") that connects Ninigret Pond with the Atlantic Ocean .
Quonochontaug (KWAHN-uh-kon-tog [1]) is a coastal lagoon in the towns of Charlestown and Westerly, both in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. [2] It is the most saline of nine such lagoons (often referred to as "salt ponds") in southern Rhode Island. [3]
Some of these beaches include town operated areas such as "Blue Shutters Town Beach" and "Charlestown Town Beach" and other are state managed areas including "East Beach State Beach" and "Charlestown Breachway State Beach." Burlingame State Park and Campground is entirely contained inside the town of Charlestown. The campground is 3,100 acres ...
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A breachway is the shore along a channel, or the whole area around the place where a channel meets the ocean. The Rhode Island coastline has many breachways on its map . Today's permanent breachways have rock jetties that line the sides of the channel to protect against erosion or closing of the waterway.
Fishing is permitted along the banks of the pond, but boats are not allowed. Luis Al Coser reels in his line, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at Bicentennial Nature Area in Lafayette, Ind.
The recreational grounds were established as East Beach State Park in 1967. [4] The area was listed at 174 acres (70 ha) in 2000. [5] In 2006, the state began "setting up this natural reserve in a major way" [3] with the addition of some 250 acres (100 ha) acquired through the purchase of four parcels at a cost of a little more than two million dollars.