Patience Island
It has a land area of 0.33 sq mi (0.85 km2; 210 acres), making it the fourth-largest island in Narragansett Bay.Aside from a single 600-square foot house, which is disconnected from the state electrical grid, Patience Island is otherwise uninhabited.[1] The island and others nearby were named by Roger Williams and other early colonists.Colonial school children often recited the poem: "Patience, Prudence, Hope, and Despair.The island is populated by a warren of New England cottontail rabbits, which is part of a species restoration program related to the animal's candidacy for listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
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