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Chappaquiddick Island (Wampanoag: ''tchepi-aquidenet''; colloquially known as "Chappy") is a small island connected to the eastern end of Martha's Vineyard and is part of the town of Edgartown, Massachusetts. Norton Point, a narrow barrier beach, connects Martha's Vineyard and Chappaquiddick between Katama and Wasque (pronounced ''way-sqwee''). Occasional breaches occur due to hurricanes and strong storms separating the islands for periods of time. Most recently, the two were separated for 8 years, starting in 2007 and reconnecting on April 2, 2015. During times at which Chappaquiddick is connected, it is technically considered a peninsula of Martha's Vineyard. Visitors come to the isolated island for beaches, cycling, hiking, nature tours and birding, and the MyToi Gardens, a small Japanese garden created amidst the native brush. The island has one business, the Chappy Store, occasionally open during the summer months to serve basic needs. Two fire trucks are stationed on the island from Edgartown. Chappaquiddick Road and Pocha Road, both paved, provide access to sandy, woodland roads, trails, and shorelines. The name of the island became internationally recognized following the July 18, 1969 incident, where the car of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy was accidentally driven off Dike Bridge, which fatally trapped his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, inside. == Name and Early Settlement == The name Chappaquiddick comes from an Indian word "cheppiaquidne" meaning "separated island", so named because this island is separated from Martha's Vineyard by a narrow strait or gut.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = USGS )〕〔(Steel; Douglas-Lithgow 1909; MGB 1932).〕 The island has been historically spelled as "Chaubaqueduck" or, alternatively, "Chappaquidgick".〔Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. ''Bulletin 30 – Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico'', edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 1 published in 1907, part 2 published in 1910. Use either code US-T142/B30/PT1/1907/p# or US-T142/B30/PT2/1910/p#. B30/pt1/1907/p238〕 The island was once mainly the home territory of the Chappaquiddick band of Wampanoag Indians, remaining exclusively theirs well into the nineteenth century.〔http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010454726;view=2up;seq=34〕 They still have a reservation of about (40 hectares) of brush land in the interior. Early white colonists settled Edgartown in 1642, quickly proclaiming Chappaquiddick as village property as well. The first homes owned by people of exclusively European descent were built around 1750 where residents raised livestock and farmed the land. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chappaquiddick Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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