Surfside

Today as in the past, Surfside, once known as Weeweeder, is a favorite beach for sunbathing and fishing.  The railroad first came to this village in 1881, bringing with it tourists to stay at the Surfside Hotel - a former Rhode Island hotel shopped across the water to the island in pieces.  In the 1880's, during what was known as the "Surfside boom," brothers Charles and Henry Coffin developed the village and in the process sold over 400 properties on the island.