Penn Island (New Brunswick)

Penn Island
The rock face of Penn Island's southeastern shore.
Interactive map of Penn Island
Geography
LocationBay of Fundy
Coordinates45°5′58″N 66°36′48″W / 45.09944°N 66.61333°W / 45.09944; -66.61333
Area11[1] ha (27 acres)
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
ParishPennfield Parish

Penn Island is an undeveloped granite[2] island in the Pennfield Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy.[3][4][5] It has large quartz.[6]

In 2011, Inka Milewski addressed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Fisheries about her research on fallowing including on a fish farm at Penn Island.[7]

In 2009, Burton Large was killed by a falling buoy under inspection by Northern Harvest Sea Farms, being lifted out of the waters around Penn Island.[8]

Today it is a nature preserve administered by the Nature Trust of New Brunswick,[9][1] following a donation by the Duschenes family.

References

  1. 1 2 "Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators". Canada.ca. 2025-07-31. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  2. ↑ "ACCRETION OF PERI-GONDWANAN TERRANES, NORTHERN MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA AND SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Penn Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Location of the Brookville and adjacent terranes in southern New... | Download Scientific Diagram".
  7. ↑ "Evidence - FOPO (41-1) - No. 18 - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca.
  8. ↑ "N.B. company fined $15K for workplace death".
  9. ↑ "Great Fundy Coastal Cleanup on Penn Island Nature Preserve". 27 September 2025.