Bucklin Island in the Providence, Rhode Island area.

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Bucklin's Island was well known on maps of the tidal river area between the Bay and the falls at Pawtucket., ever since maps were drawn.  The thumbnail on the left is part of a 1777 map drawn for British navy purposes.  (Click on the thumbnail to enlarge and view it. Bucklin's Island is in the upper right quarter.)

The "island" was (and is) actually a point of land that was connected to the main land by a low area that was marshy and under water at high tide.

Looking Northward from Bucklin's Island

  Today the area is known by local adjacent landowners as "Bucklin Point", since even at high tide now the river does not cause a separation of the "island" from the former river bank.  Bucklin Point now (as of 2011) contains a large waste treatment plant.  Here us a photo of two Bucklins at the site in 2001.  Karen Bucklin, the lady in the photo, is a prominent environmental engineer.