LONG ISLAND
Long Island Farm 23,000 acres, is the largest island in Berkeley Sound. It four hours from Stanley. It is a traditional sheep farm owned and ran by the Watson family, sixth generation Falkland Islanders.
Long Island was important during the events of August 1833 when surviving members of Louis Vernet's settlement thirteen men, three women and two children fled first to Hog Island and later to Turf Island, to escape the murderous gang of Antonio Rivero. They remained there living off the land until help arrived some six months later, regularly sending their boat to Long Island for food supplies bringing back cattle, pigs and geese. The Old House on the island is a listed building.
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Sources include: Falkland Rural Heritage- Joan Spruce with Natalie Smith, nationalarchives.gov.fk/Jane Cameron National Archive
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