Indian Island (Bay of Fundy)

Indian Island
Native name:
Misigne'goos
Nickname: Sea-Nymph of the Bay[1]
An 1830 map showing Indian Island just east of what it dubbed the "Quoddy Hell Gate" in reference to the Old Sow whirlpool.
Map
Geography
LocationBay of Fundy
Coordinates44°55′47″N 66°58′10″W / 44.92972°N 66.96944°W / 44.92972; -66.96944
Highest elevation30 m (100 ft)[2]
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyCharlotte County
Indian Island

Indian Island is one of the Fundy Isles, sparsely populated in the West Isles Parish of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada.[3] Approximately a mile long and comprising 150 acres, it is located between Moose Island, Deer Island and Campobello Island.[4] Immediately to its south, there are three small rocky islets, Cherry Island, Jouett's Island and Marvel Island.[5][2]

  1. ^ Mahon, A. Wylie. "Pope's Folly", The Canadian magazine : Vol. 37, no. 4 (Aug. 1911) https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_06251_222/30
  2. ^ a b https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/files/cp1/CPB1_C04_WEB.pdf
  3. ^ "Carleton County". archives.gnb.ca.
  4. ^ Lorimer, J[ohn] G. [from old catalog (1876). History of islands & islets in the Bay of Fundy, Charlotte County, New Brunswick;. The Library of Congress. St. Stephen, N.B., Printed at the office of the Saint Croix courier.
  5. ^ "THE BAY OF PASSAMAQUODDY" (PDF). dn790004.ca.archive.org.

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