White Island (New Brunswick)
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Area | 20[1] acres (8.1 ha) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | West Isles Parish |
White Island (also called Penguin Island[2] andWhite Head Island[3]) is an undeveloped island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay.[4][5][6]
It is composed of coarse red and gray conglomerate with granite boulders[7]
As of 1839, the island was one of four belonging to the Campobello Mill and Manufacturing Company.[8] Fringing shoals 300+ metres offshore.[9]
In December 1985, a study by Parks Canada assessed the island's value as $12,100.[1]
White Island, and a sill near Campobello's tip, are considered critical to the feeding areas for finback whales in the region.[10]
References
- ^ a b Parks Canada, "West Isles Feasibility Study....a National Marine Park in the West Isles", December 1985
- ^ https://ia801305.us.archive.org/33/items/cihm_21383/cihm_21383.pdf
- ^ https://ia801305.us.archive.org/33/items/cihm_21383/cihm_21383.pdf
- ^ "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "489" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 490, 497, 500, and 501 at same site.
- ^ "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1870-1871, pgs 82-111, https://archive.org/details/report-of-progress-gsc_1870-1871/page/n5/mode/2up
- ^ The Campobello Mill and Manufacturing Company, in New Brunswick, British North America, 1839, https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.21703/9
- ^ United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Eastport to Cape Cod, Volume 1, 1960, pg50 and elsewhere
- ^ https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2009/mpo-dfo/Fs97-6-2788E.pdf
