[2][3] The coastline is defined prominently by two small bays that connect during high tide.
The island is currently privately owned, but may someday become part of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge.
In 1805, a gale storm caused a ship to crash on the island, killing the crew of seven men.
During the time that Captain Oliver N. Brooks owned Falkner Light, there were at least 100 shipwrecks on Goose Island.
A 1913 Hartford Courant article said of Webb, "He kissed his wife and babies good-by and made Goose Island all right, though he never expected to go back alive.