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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Naushon Island
		Naushon, Pasque Island, and Nashawena Island all were left in separate trusts to his heirs, Naushon's being Naushon Island Trust, Inc., and all three remain in the family today.
		Naushon and the smaller islands that surround it are private property and closed to the public, with the exception of three beaches; (Kettle Cove, West Beach and Tarpaulin Cove).
		Naushon and the smaller islands that surround it are private property and closed to the public, with the exception of three beaches, Kettle Cove, West Beach, and Tarpaulin Cove, and Weepeckit Island, off the north shore of Naushon, in Buzzards Bay.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Naushon-Island (1032 words)

	Naushon Island - Definition, explanation
		Naushon Island has been a Forbes family retreat for some time, where the China trade merchant John Murray Forbes and his family have summered for more than a century.
		The island is owned and managed by the Naushon Island Trust, Inc. Naushon island is seven miles long, just off (SW of) Cape Cod in the Elizabeth Islands, and four miles NW of Martha's Vineyard.
		The island is owned by the family and is included in the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/na/naushon_island.php (361 words)

	Naushon Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Naushon Island, part of the Elizabeth Islands, is seven miles (11 km) long, just off (SW of) Cape Cod, and four statute miles (6 km) NW of Martha's Vineyard.
		Naushon Island was purchased by Forbes and a business associate, William Hathaway, in 1843, and Forbes purchased Hathaway's share soon after to become the sole owner.
		Naushon and the smaller islands that surround it are private property and closed to the public, with the exception of three beaches, Kettle Cove, West Beach, and Tarpaulin Cove, and Weepeckit Island, off the north shore of Naushon, in Buzzards Bay.
	www.1bx.com /en/J.M._Forbes_Naushon_Island_Trust.htm (373 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Elizabeth Islands are a chain of small islands extending southwest from the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the United States.
		The total land area of the islands is 34.55 km² (13.34 sq mi) and there was a permanent population of 86 persons as of the 2000 census.
		Nonamesset Island is the island nearest the mainland.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Elizabeth_Islands (420 words)

	Jim Geraghty on John Kerry & Naushon Island on National Review Online
		Naushon Island, off the Massachusetts coast, has been known as the home of pirates, who confiscated the hard-earned wealth of merchants and businessmen; sheep, obedient creatures who demonstrate no independence; ticks and flies, droning annoying pests; and is rumored to be haunted by frightening, ghostly pale, gaunt figures.
		Kerry's spokesman responded that the island was owned by a trust set up by distant relatives on the Forbes side of his family, and that the senator is not a beneficiary of that trust.
		He hosted two visits by the Clintons to Naushon in 1993 and 1994, with the president contributing a White House baseball cap to the informal "Presidential Hat Museum" that the Forbes family maintains in the main mansion on the island.
	www.nationalreview.com /geraghty/geraghty200404010835.asp (1280 words)

	UrbanPlanet.org > PHOTOS: Cuttyhunk
		The islands were under the control of the Dutch in New York until 1691 when they passed by charter into the hands of the English of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
		In 1759, one of the earliest lighthouses was built on Naushon at Tarpaulin Cove and six years later, a light was built on Cuttyhunk to warn of the disastrous reefs near the islands.
		Seven miles long and the largest of the islands, Naushon, across the Woods Hole channel from the mainland, is all about descendants: It's been in the hands of only three families over the last 400 years.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t1333.html (3084 words)

	Naushon Island - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Naushon Island has been a Forbes family retreat for some time, where the opium trader John Murray Forbes and his family summered for more than a century.
		Naushon island is seven miles long, just off (SW of) Cape Cod in the Elizabeth Islands, and four miles NW of Martha's Vineyard.
		Nashawena island is owned by a different subset of the family trust.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/Naushon_Island (217 words)

	Islands around Cape Cod - Cuttyhunk, Sampson's Island, Washburn, Chappaquiddick
		You'll pass other islands in the chain along the way, including Nashawena, where cows graze, and Penikese, once a leper colony that is now a school for troubled adolescent boys.
		Today, the island is a quiet haven, where the principal occupations are sportfish guiding, lobstering, shellfishing, house building, maintenance and municipal work, with some call for serving the needs of summer residents and visitors.
		The barrier islands of North and South Monomoy are examples of the Cape's ever-shifting landscape.
	www.capecodtravelguide.com /islands.php (2294 words)

	Tarpaulin Cove Light , featured in Maritime History of Massachusetts--A National Register of Historic Places Travel ...
		In 1759, local tavern owner Zaccheus Lumbert built a private aid to navigation on Naushon Island and maintained it for 58 years.
		Mariners favored Tarpaulin Cove on the south side of Naushon Island as a sheltered harbor.
		Naushon Island is the largest of the Elizabeth Islands off the southern coast of Massachusetts that extend into Buzzard's Bay from Falmouth on Cape Cod.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/maritime/tar.htm (313 words)

	Naushon Island - InformationBlast
		John Forbes Kerry and his first cousin Brice Lalonde summered there, and at another Forbes family estate in France, at Saint-Briac when he was growing up.
		The family owns the island through the J.M. Forbes Naushon Island Trust.
		The island is owned by the family and is included in the town of Gosnold.
	www.informationblast.com /Naushon_Island.html (154 words)

	Lunet
		As it entered Vineyard Sound on November 27th, the gale struck forcing its captain to seek refuge at Tarpaulin Cove, Naushon Island.
		Located on the western side of the island, largest of the Elizabethan Chain, Tarpaulin Cove was a weather hole for many vessels sailing the outer Cape.
		With winds from the southwest, Lunet anchored near the western shore.
	www.mass.gov /czm/buar/shipwrecks/ua-lunet.htm (359 words)

	Naushon Island Circumnavigation
		This is the island beyond Pasque Island, the island we have decided not to circumnavigate.
		We considered lunching on Pasque Island just so we could say we made it, but there were several structures at the good landing sites, and Naushon Island offers more privacy (and less chance of being kicked off).
		North is occluded by the rise of the island.
	www.guillemot-kayaks.com /Trips/Naushon.html (3319 words)

	Veckatimest Island at AllExperts
		Veckatimest Island is one of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA.
		It lies between the largest island, Naushon Island, to the west, and Nonamesset Island, to the east.
		The island has a land area of 0.0675 kmÂ² (0.026 sq mi, or 16.675 acres) and was uninhabited as of the 2000 census.
	en.allexperts.com /e/v/ve/veckatimest_island.htm (127 words)

	All in the Family:Meathead John Kerry's Private Island and Family History.(Weird,Wild Stuff.)
		Naushon island is several miles long, just off (SW of) Cape Cod in the Elizabeth Islands, and NW of Martha's Vineyard.
		The island is owned by the family and they pay little or no property taxes as the use of the island is deemed agricultural by the local authorities.
		Island Trust, named for the opium dealer John Murray Forbes, the private Naushon Island, part of the Elizabeth Islands NW of Martha's Vineyard and SW of Cape Cod.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1128697/posts (2364 words)

	Wepecket Island Records
		A tiny island (maybe two acres) and an even smaller pile of rocks lie 500 yards off the Western shore of Naushon Island in Buzzards Bay off the coast of Massachusetts.
		My wife and I sail over to the islands whenever we can, and drop a hook in the sandy cove between the island and Naushon.
		Except for a constant roll produced by the famous "Buzzards Bay chop," the water is comparatively still in the lee of the island, and it's a great place to swim ashore and walk carefully (Don't disturb the nesting plovers!) on the exquisite sand.
	www.wepecket.com /html/about.htm (377 words)

	Boston Globe Online / From the Archives
		Asked whether a quicker response would have prevented 1,000 gallons of heavy oil from reaching shore on Naushon Island, Rybacki said he was not sure.
		The original 1,000 gallons leaked from the Bermuda Star was carried by the current to Naushon Island, near Woods Hole, where a four-mile section of coastline is now flened with oil that has the thickness of honey.
		Naushon Island is a pristine, privately owned summer retreat.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/29/061390_oil.htm (772 words)

	Vineyard Gazette - Nature
		The Vineyard is a relatively large Island, relative being the key word.
		Find the Elizabeth Islands, and then follow them west from just off Woods Hole to slightly south of west to their western tip.
		On a recent trip, eight species of hawks were seen during a short stay on the top of the island.
	www.mvgazette.com /features/nature/archive/2002.php?document=20021011_natural_cuttyhunk (646 words)

	Tarpaulin Cove Lighthouse
		Tarpaulin Cove Light was privately built in 1759 on Naushon Island.
		Naushon Island is the largest of the Elizabeth Islands - a chain extending southwest from Woods Hole on Cape Cod, separating Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's Bay.
		Money was appropriated by the government for a formal lighthouse in 1807, but due to opposition from James Bowdoin, owner of the island at the time, land was not provided for the new lighthouse until 1817, after Bowdoin's death.
	www.rudyalicelighthouse.net /MassLgts/TarpCove/TarpCove.htm (214 words)

	White Shark in Woods Hole in September 2004 - White Shark Trust
		NAUSHON ISLAND - The shark now living in West Gutter, a salty lagoon near this private island, is without doubt a big fish in a small pond.
		One problem may be the scores of sightseers who have taken their boats to the island for a glimpse of the giant predator.
		Desperate to evacuate a massive great white shark from the Naushon Island lagoon where it has been trapped for more than a week, scientists are now planning aggressive new ways to remove it.
	www.whitesharktrust.org /pages/gwswoodsholesep2004.html (6938 words)

	Coastal Boating .net Cuttyhunk, Elizabeth Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Naushon, the largest of the islands, and Nashawena, have military observation stations constructed during WWII.
		Naushon Island's Tarpaulin Cove was one of few accessible deep water harbors on the treacherous Vineyard Sound and is renown as the last port of call for Captain Kidd just before he was captured for piracy in 1699.
		With restaurants almost completely absent from the Island now, some boaters simply stop over and may not realize that there is a small market on the Island for provisions and sandwiches and an adjoining gallery of interesting artwork in wrought iron.
	www.coastalsailing.net /Cruising/Destinations/ElizabethIslands/Cuttyhunk.html (1587 words)

	Tarpaulin Cove Lighthouse History
		Naushon Island's name comes from the local Indians' name for the entire chain, "Nashanow," thought to mean "midway islands," referring to the islands' position separating Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay.
		Naushon was long used for the pasturing of livestock, with; there were as many as 2,000 sheep on the island in the early nineteenth century.
		Tarpaulin Cove, on the east shore of the island, was for many years a bustling little place where the local farmers did business with the crews of incoming vessels.
	www.lighthouse.cc /tarpaulincove/history.html (910 words)

	Tarpaulin Cove Light
		The town of Gosnold, incorporated in 1864, consists of the Elizabeth Islands and Thomas Mayhew purchased the islands on Oct. 23, 1641 yet there is no existing evidence of a permanent English settlement on privately owned Naushon Island before 1691.
		In 1817, the federal government bought the property on Naushon Island for a government Lighthouse and a 38-feet high conical rubblestone Lighthouse with a “Bird-cage” style Lantern Room was built exhibiting a Fixed White light 71-feet above sea level illuminated by ten oil lamps and reflectors.
		Since the island is a private nature preserve, public access is restricted to the beach of Tarpaulin Cove for 50 yards inland from the water.
	home.comcast.net /~debee2/mass/Tarpaulin.html (1233 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Fishermen, scientists herd shark to freedom
		Behind the sailboat is Naushon Island, where the shark was located.
		Scientists believe that the female shark first entered the Naushon Island inlet to forage for food two weeks ago, after hurricanes had raised the water level at high tide.
		And with Naushon Island owned by distant relatives of Senator John F. Kerry, there were more than a few jokes about sharks circling the presidential candidate's camp.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/10/05/fishermen_scientists_herd_shark_to_freedom?pg=full (963 words)

	NewStandard: 8/31/97
		Anchor clear of the middle channel, which the Naushon Islands Trust and the Forbes family, owners of the island, use to ferry passengers and light freight to the private homes, most of which are clustered in and around Hadley Harbor.
		Located at the northern tip of Naushon Island, Hadley attracts visitors in both power and sailboats from as far away as Nova Scotia and Port Charlotte, Fla., as well as less distant locations.
		Leave the red nun 2 to starboard as you enter and stay clear of the rock formation to the west marked with a daymarker -- there are submerged rocks on the west side of nun 2 between the marker and the visible rocks.
	www.s-t.com /daily/08-97/08-31-97/c07sp136.htm (1258 words)

	Berwick History
		Wichern had spent one summer on Forbes Island working with a professor of anatomy who was making a study of deer antlers.
		The success of that summer suggested that perhaps a program could be organized for a group of boys to spend the summer on the island to construct living quarters and to organize and manage their own program.
		The boys who come to this Island find it a haven where they are given a chance to work out their own solutions.
	www.berwick.org /text/berwick_history.htm (1978 words)

	Distinctive Charter Yachts Destinations
		This 15 mile chain, composed of five major islands and numerous smaller islets, stretches from Woods Hole at the elbow of Cape Cod toward Block Island.
		A Guided tour of the island should be on your itinerary, taking in the rainbow hued cliff sat Gay Head, the quaint fishing village of Menemsha (the location for a number of scenes of Jaws), and Oak Bluffs where Victorian Gingerbread architecture is at its most whimsical.
		Naushon is a private island owned by the descendants of the Forbes family.
	www.distinctyachts.com /newengland-itinerary.htm (288 words)

	Harvard Forest Symposium Abstract Submission
		In contrast, preliminary results from a fossil pollen record on Naushon Island, MA show a substantial increase in beech since colonization.
		Naushon Island, characterized by infrequent fire, frequent wind disturbance, and minimal land use (due to single-family ownership since colonization), is an ideal study site to explore the rise in dominance of beech.
		The comprehensive historical record for Naushon Island affords an opportunity to verify fossil pollen and tree ring data with documentary sources.
	harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu /asp/hf/showsymposium.html?id=11&year=2005 (567 words)

	J.M. Forbes Naushon Island Trust - InformationBlast
		+ * FORBES FAMILY NAUSHON TRUSTS + + The Naushon Trust, believed to be the original Forbes trust but renamed, was formed during the depression for tax and estate planning purposes on 05/02/1932.
		A newer nonprofit trust called the Naushon Trust, Inc., was formed on 2/25/2002, C/O J.M. FORBES, 3 POST OFFICE SQUARE, BOSTON, MA 02109, with the following trustees: + + PRESIDENT, L. + The Naushon Trust, Inc., is a 'voluntary association' organized under Chapter 180 of Mass.
		At present, it cannot be discerned if the non-profit owns the island or the family trust, if Forbes family members are exclusively members of the nonprofit corporation, and how the family can vacation on the island and restrict the public if no longer directly owned by family members.
	www.informationblast.com /J.M._Forbes_Naushon_Island_Trust.html (346 words)

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