Navy Island (Saint Andrews)
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Coordinates | 45°03′37″N 67°03′12″W / 45.06028°N 67.05333°W |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | Saint Andrews Parish |
Navy Island (previously termed St. Andrews Island[1]) is an undeveloped island in the St. Andrews Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy.[2][3][4]
Ganong noted in Mitchell's 1764 Fieldbook it was named Flatcher's Island in reference to the trader Fletcher, and on Wright's 1772 map it's labeled Saint Andrews Island, and that it "probably" had "some naval use".[5]
In 1777, Matthew Thornton, the nephew of US founding father Matthew Thornton, spent a winter "alone with his dog and gun", on Navy Island "after fellow Freemasons helped him escape the United States and flee to Canada.[6]
In 1821, the British Crown gave a land grant of the island to the Corporation of Saint Andrews.[7]
A shoal extending from Navy Island was the site of a lighthouse.[8]
There is a geodetic triangulation station on the island, 66 metres south of the ruins of a stone fence.[9]
Approximately half the island is owned by the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, after funds were raised including through a public auction to support its purchase.[10][11][12] In 2016, the island was one of the focuses of the Great Fundy Cleanup.[13]
There is a cemetery on the northeast boundary of the preserve.[11]
References
- ↑ B.R.Jones. "A Map & Chart of the Bays Harbours Poſt Roads and Settlements in Pas Samaquoddy & Machias With the large Island of GRAND MANAN" (PDF). us.archive.org.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021. 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.
- ↑ "A monograph op the place-nomenclature of the province of New Brunswick" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2023.
- ↑ "CXIII - MATTHEW THORNTON". carensecord.ca.
- ↑ https://archives.gnb.ca/en-ca/land-grants/view/37877/42588
- ↑ "Navy Bar Lighthouse, New Brunswick Canada at Lighthousefriends.com". www.lighthousefriends.com. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Triangulation in Maine", U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918, "Supplementary Points" pp177+
- ↑ "Quoddy Tides". 22 May 2009. p. 39.
- 1 2 "Navy Island Nature Preserve". Nature Trust of New Brunswick.
- ↑ "Registration Document for Bayside Post-smolt Production Facility-Bayside, NB" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2022.
- ↑ "Quoddy Tides". 22 July 2016. p. 42.
