Wallis Sands State Beach

Wallis Sands State Beach is a small state park located on the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Rye, New Hampshire. The park offers swimming at a sandy beach with a bathhouse and picnicking. The Isles of Shoals are visible.

During the 19th century [citation
author1 = President Benjamin Harrison
author2 = W. H. Michael, editor
title = The Abridgment, 1891. Containing the annual message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress. 51st Congress, 2nd Session. With reports of departments and selections from accompanying papers.
publisher = United States Government Printing Office
location = Washington
date = 1891
pages = 80
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=qQXKjsLlz2cC&pg=PA1&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1#PPA80,M1 [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145402605 OCLC 145402605] .] and early 20th century [citation
last1 = Ogden | first1 = Herbert Gouverneur
last2 = Ross | first2 = John
last3 = Graves | first3 = Herbert C.
author4 = U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
title = United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast: Section A., St. Croix River to Cape Cod
publisher = United States Government Printing Office
location = Washington
date = 1903
pages = 26
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=VGgDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA26,M1 [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29093903 OCLC 29093903] .] Wallis Sands was a Life-Saving Station of the United States Life-Saving Service and subsequently was a station of the United States Coast Guard, [citation
author1 = U.S. Coast Guard
title = Annual report of the United States Coast Guard for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915
publisher = United States Government Printing Office
location = Washington
date = 1915
pages = 73
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=rWYDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA73,M1 [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21049242 OCLC 21049242] .] though it is now discontinued.

References

External links

* [http://www.nhstateparks.org/state-parks/alphabetical-order/wallis-sands-state-beach/ NH Division of Parks & Recreation: Wallis Sands State Beach web page]
* [http://www.uscg.mil/History/STATIONS/WALLIS%20SANDS.html U.S. Coast Guard station entry]