Gardiner's Island

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 289 words | Copyright

Gardiner's Island c.3,000 acres (1,210 hectares), in Gardiners Bay between the two flukelike peninsulas of E Long Island, SE N.Y. It was settled by colonist Lion Gardiner in 1639 as the first permanent English settlement in New York state and has been owned since by his descendants.

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