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〕 | area_unit = acre | area_imperial = 19 | area_type = | area_round = 0 | area1_imperial = | area1_type = | length_imperial = | length_orientation = | width_imperial = | width_orientation = | highest = | highest_location = | highest_location_note = | highest_lat_d = | highest_lat_m = | highest_lat_s = | highest_lat_NS = | highest_long_d = | highest_long_m = | highest_long_s = | highest_long_EW = | highest_elevation_imperial = | lowest = | lowest_location = | lowest_location_note = | lowest_lat_d = | lowest_lat_m = | lowest_lat_s = | lowest_lat_NS = | lowest_long_d = | lowest_long_m = | lowest_long_s = | lowest_long_EW = | lowest_elevation_imperial = | biome = | biome_share = | biome1 = | biome1_share = | geology = | geology1 = | plant = | plant1 = | animal = | animal1 = | established_type = Established | established = Unspecified | established_note = | management_body = Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection | management_location = | management_lat_d = | management_lat_m = | management_lat_s = | management_lat_NS = | management_long_d = | management_long_m = | management_long_s = | management_long_EW = | management_elevation = | visitation = | visitation_year = | visitation_note = | map = Connecticut Locator Map.PNG | map_caption = Location of Dart Island State Park in Connecticut | map_locator = Connecticut | map_first = | website = }} Dart Island State Park is an island in the Connecticut River within the corporate boundaries of the city of Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It is an undeveloped and unmarked state park that is only accessible by boat. In 1918, Russell Dart donated one acre of land to the State of the Connecticut and it was designated Connecticut's 15th State Park. In 1924, Dart Island State Park was the smallest state park in the United States. The park size was later expanded to two acres by the 1932 publication of the ''Connecticut Register and Manual'' and remained at that size for nearly 80 years. The 2012 edition of the ''Connecticut Register and Manual'' next noted the increased boundary to 19 acres, the current size of the Dart Island State Park. Though it is only accessible by boat, there are no marked public boat launches in the surrounding area. Historically, Dart Island State Park activities were primarily fishing, but the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection add bird watching and boating to the list. == History == Dart Island State Park is a sandbar in the Connecticut River, located just north of the Hurd State Park. It is a wooded area with "typical river trees like willow, poplar and red maple."〔 The sandbar was once used by shad fisherman, who built a shed and apparatuses to manage their fishing lines. The hickory shad are known for going up the Connecticut River in "great annual runs". One acre of land for the park was donated to the State of Connecticut in 1918 by Russell Dart. It became the 15th State Park of Connecticut, after Bolton Notch State Park and Macedonia Brook State Park. In 1924, it was the smallest State Park in the United States, still at one acre in size. In 1934 the State Register and Manual, the first to list the parks and size, listed Dart Island State Park as two acres.〔 The ''2012 Connecticut Register and Manual'' notes the increase of the Dart Island State Park to 19 acres of land. Middletown's ''Harbor Management Plan'', notes that Dart Island "is a State Park in name only; it is considered undevelopable by the DEP's (Department of Environmental Protection) State Parks Division which has no plans for active use or management of this property."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Harbor Management Plan- Chapter One )〕 Dart Island State Park as been used by the Connecticut River Raft Race Inc. as part of the Connecticut River Raft Race, a charity race. One of the routes went from the Arrigoni Bridge to Dart Island State Park. 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「Dart Island State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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