Roger Williams National Memorial commemorates the life of the founder of Rhode Island and a champion of the ideal of religious freedom. Williams, banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs, founded Providence in 1636.
To go directly to the Blackstone River Valley website click the IN DEPTH button. The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a special type of national park.
Named after one of the original chiefs of the Narragansett Indians, the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Southern Coast of Rhode Island in the Town of Charlestown, Washington County.
Occupying a peninsula between the Sakonnet River and Rhode Island sound, the 242 acre Sachuest Point National Wildlife refuge is a very popular site for the over 65, 000 annual visitors each year. The refuge sports a newly renovated visitor center, over 2.
Picturesque, peaceful, yet thriving with wildlife. Thats how many of the more than 50, 000 annual visitors describe the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge.
The reserve encompasses 2, 353 acres of land on Prudence, Patience and Hope islands and 1, 591 acres of water adjoining the islands out to a depth of 18 feet. All three islands were used as farmland during the Colonial area.