Governors Island is a small island in New York City.
Governors Island or Governor's Island may also refer to:
- Governor's Island, Bermuda
- Governors Island (Prince Edward Island), Canada
- Governors Island (Massachusetts), in Boston Harbor
- Governors Island (Lake Winnipesaukee), New Hampshire
- Governor's Island, in Island Pond (Rockingham County, New Hampshire)
- Governors Island (North Carolina), in Lake Norman
- Governors Island (Bryson City, North Carolina), listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Swain County, North Carolina
Famous quotes containing the words governors and/or island:
“I do love this people [the French] with all my heart, and think that with a better religion and a better form of government and their present governors their condition and country would be most enviable.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“An island always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, as a small continent and integral portion of the globe. I have a fancy for building my hut on one. Even a bare, grassy isle, which I can see entirely over at a glance, has some undefined and mysterious charm for me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)