Kettle Island is off Magnolia Beach (also called Gray Beach). Seagulls inhabit the island and tolerate visits from humans as long as their stays are short and infrequent. Yesterday my friend Walt and I ventured on our tiny Yak Boards (tiny sit-on kayaks) out to the island. The wind gusts created rolling waves, but it made the ride interesting. We cautiously climbed the rocks to the highest point where we had a 360 degree view of the open sea, Magnolia, Eastern Point, Salem, Beverly, Manchester and beyond. Great late summer adventure!
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Good to see the island again. I was raised inMagnolia and rowed to the island many times to see the baby sea gulls and try to not get in the poison ivy
As kids in the 1950′s, Elaine and I rowed many trips to the Island in my grandfather’s dory. Glad to see nothing’s changed—still
seagull heaven. We also had a favorite fishing spot tied on to one of the buoys on the big fishing nets. An ideal childhood!
swimming out to yhe island without the Boys drowning us was also a challenge!