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Starvegoat Island (or Starve Goat Island) was a small island in the Providence River,
Providence, Rhode Island Providence () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Rhode Island, most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, Rhode Island, Providence County, it is o ...
. The island also appears as "Sunshine Island" on the 1927 North American datum map produced by the
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30th Battalion. The island was the southeasternmost point in the city of Providence. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was known for its oystering. It was located off the coast of Fields Point until the passage between them was filled in during the 1950s and 1960s when the area was used as a land fill. The approximate location of the island is now an educational center for Save the Bay, and one of its features is the re-creation of a natural coastal buffer zone.


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* *George L. Seavey, ''Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.'' Islands of Rhode Island Islands of Narragansett Bay Geography of Providence, Rhode Island Landforms of Providence County, Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-stub