Mowat Island

Mowat Island
Mowat Island (seen in background)
Interactive map of Mowat Island
Geography
LocationBay of Fundy
Coordinates44°59′57″N 66°54′28″W / 44.99917°N 66.90778°W / 44.99917; -66.90778
Area5 ha (12 acres)
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
ParishWest Isles Parish

Mowat Island (also called Moat Island[1]) is an undeveloped island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay.[2] It was historically owned by John and David Mowat, who also owned Adams Island.[3][4]

In August 1854, Captain Samuel Simpson, former pilot of HMS Plumper, died on Mowat's Island.[5]

On September 29 1932, the RCMP intercepted Harry Richardson's Ada May at the uninhabited Mowat Island selling smuggled alcohol.[6]

Map showing Mowat Island

Although Mowat Island is privately owned, it has an easement for the Nature Trust of New Brunswick which entirely owns Little Mowat Island to its north.[7] It is under the protection of the Nature Conservancy of Canada.[8]

There is a geodetic triangulation station on a high rocky hill in the middle of the island.[9] A rockweed study was done on the island in 1989.[10] It has been the subject of subtidal graduate studies.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Sailing Directions for Nova Scotia, 1952, US Navy Hydrographic Office
  2. ↑ "Mowat Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick".
  4. ↑ https://archives.gnb.ca/en-ca/land-grants/view/38471/45604
  5. ↑ https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?lang=en&record_id=record-10835-30803820
  6. ↑ "RCMP-RRCMP-1932-eng". 1932.
  7. ↑ "Our history". Nature Trust of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Identification of Significant Marine and Coastal Areas in the Bay of Fundy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-19.
  9. ↑ "Triangulation in Maine", U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918
  10. ↑ "Identification of Significant Marine and Coastal Areas in the Bay of Fundy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-19.
  11. ↑ "Identification of Significant Marine and Coastal Areas in the Bay of Fundy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-19.
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