Hills Island (New Brunswick)

Hills Island
A survey from the 1860s shows Hills Island, labeled as Clinch's Folly with the Hills' House on it.
Interactive map of Hills Island
Geography
LocationBay of Fundy
Coordinates45°2′42″N 66°49′32″W / 45.04500°N 66.82556°W / 45.04500; -66.82556
Highest elevation45 m (148 ft)[1]
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
ParishSaint George Parish

Hills Island (formerly Governor's Island,[2] Clinch's Folly,[3][2] McCann Island[4][5]) is an island in the Saint George Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy.[6][7][8][9] It is the largest and easternmost of the islands that separate Letang Harbour and Bliss Harbour.[1][10][11]

Ganong wrote that the name Clinch's Folly was in use from 1783, the same year Peter Clinch received his land grant in Saint George.[12] Ganong notes the name "Governor's Island" is "No doubt because [of] a government military reservation".[12]

In 2001, Hills Island Salmon Ltd, based out of Beaver Harbour, was awarded a $397,142 grant.[13]

In 2024 it was listed for private sale, noting a 3-bedroom off-grid cottage with solar power with an outbuilding.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "ATL 106 : Gulf of Maine et Baie de Fundy" (PDF). publications.gc.ca.
  2. 1 2 File:McCallum Survey.jpeg
  3. ↑ "Proceedings and transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Délibérations et mémoires de la Société royale du Canada". Ottawa [etc.] Société royale du Canada. Aug 9, 1883. Retrieved Aug 9, 2026 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ "Revised upper Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Blacks Harbour-Beaver Harbour area, New Brunswick, Canada: evidence from new bedrock mapping and palynology". Archived from the original on 2026-01-02.
  5. ↑ "McCann Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Hills Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Naval Reserve Lands - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Cape Breton - L'Etang, McCann's, Flea and Man of War Islands Archives / Collections and Fonds". Recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca. November 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series, Upload.wikimedia.org
  11. ↑ "Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, and South Shore of Gulf of St. Lawrence" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-03.
  12. 1 2 "A MONOGRAPH OF THE PLACE-NOMENCLATURE OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK" (PDF). Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  13. ↑ "Public accounts of Canada 2000-2001 - Transfer Payments". Bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca.
  14. ↑ "Private Islands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-12-13.
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