Goose Island is the name of an unincorporated community and several small, uninhabited islands in the U.S. state of New York.
The town of Goose Island, New York, is in Washington County.
Two of the islands by this name are in the Westchester County portion of Long Island Sound and in the Hutchinson River in the Baychester section of The Bronx. The Hutchinson River island is located between the Amtrak railroad bridge and the Hutchinson River Parkway bridge, and is part of Pelham Bay Park. It supports a colony of nesting wading birds.
Famous quotes containing the words goose and/or island:
“In marble halls as white as milk,
Lined with a skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal-clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. In marble walls as white as milk (Riddle: An Egg)
“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)