Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of western New York in the Niagara River dividing Niagara Falls into the American and Canadian Falls.
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Examples
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that a woman contacted a state agency and reported seeing the hand at the Moku Auia Seabird Sanctuary, also known as Goat Island.
Oahu Report Of Severed Hand Turns Out To Be Squid The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that a woman contacted a state agency and reported seeing the hand at the Moku Auia Seabird Sanctuary, also known as Goat Island.
Oahu Report Of Severed Hand Turns Out To Be Squid The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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On our way down the bay the wind was so strong, as we approached the Columbus, that we had to take refuge behind Yerba Buena Island, then called Goat Island, where we landed, and I killed a gray seal.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Rapids commence at the upper extremity of Goat Island, which is half a mile in length, and divides the river at the point of precipitation into two unequal parts; the largest is distinguished by the several names of the Horseshoe, Crescent, and British Fall, from its semi-circular form and contiguity to the Canadian shore.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 Various
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To the east is Yerba-Buena, vulgarly known as Goat Island; and beyond it the Contra Costa, with its Alameda, Oakland, and Fruit Vale; then the
In the Footprints of the Padres Charles Warren Stoddard 1876
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On our way down the bay the wind was so strong, as we approached the Columbus, that we had to take refuge behind Yerba Buena Island, then called Goat Island, where we landed, and I killed a gray seal.
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On our way down the bay the wind was so strong, as we approached the Columbus, that we had to take refuge behind Yerba Buena Island, then called Goat Island, where we landed, and I killed a gray seal.
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On our way down the bay the wind was so strong, as we approached the Columbus, that we had to take refuge behind Yerba Buena Island, then called Goat Island, where we landed, and I killed a gray seal.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 1 1855
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I was at the Clipper Home in Portsmouth recently, interviewing a man who had worked on Goat Island in the Fifties.
A Piece of History 2010
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The main highlight of Malaekahana is Goat Island; it's right off shore.
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"An island of western New York in the Niagara River dividing Niagara Falls into the American and Canadian falls."
--The American Heritage Dictionary
September 11, 2010