Simpsons Island (New Brunswick)
Native name: Quak-ee-men-ee-quo'-sis Bog on the Little Island[1] | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Coordinates | 44°59′56″N 66°54′52″W / 44.99889°N 66.91444°W |
| Area | 40[2] acres (16 ha) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | West Isles Parish |
Simpsons Island is an undeveloped 22-hectare forested island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay.[3]
It is covered with spruce and fir trees and supports a white-tailed deer population.[4] In the late 1970s it was noted to no longer host eagles, which had previously nested there.[5] It has been the subject of subtidal graduate studies.[6] In 1978, Mackay noted a high species abundance and diversity here, and five other nearby islands.[6]
As Warren Hatheway was unsuccessful in his bid to be granted Bar Island off the northern shore of Deer Island against the wishes of Thomas Farrell, between 1810-1817 he was awarded a grant of six small nearby islets; Hardwood Island, Popes Island, Nubble Island, Dinner Island Simpsons Island and Fish Island.[7][8][9][10]
It has copper pyrites and malachite on the shore under high water, and the copper was mined for a time at the start of the 20th century.[11][12][13] In 1952, both Simpsons Island and nearby Adam's Island were purchased by the Anthonian Mining Corporation, with drilling starting immediately on Adam's.[14] Both had mining efforts in the 1860s as well.[15]
In 1911, one family reported was reported to be living on the island.[8]
In December 1985, a study by Parks Canada assessed the island's value as $24,200.[2] A rockweed study was done on the island in 1989.[6]
In 2005, the Nature Conservancy of Canada was raising funds to purchase Simpsons Island.[16] In 2016, the island was one of the focuses of the Great Fundy Cleanup.[17]
In Summer 2012, the island was one of four studied as a rockweed habitat.[18]
References
[edit]- ↑ A monograph of the place-nomenclature of the province of New Brunswick
- 1 2 Parks Canada, "West Isles Feasibility Study....a National Marine Park in the West Isles", December 1985
- ↑ "Simpsons Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Where we work". Nature Conservancy Canada. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ↑ Scarratt, D.J. (1979). Evaluation of Recent Data Relative to Potential Oil Spills in the Passamaquoddy Area (PDF) (Report). Fisheries and Environment Canada.
- 1 2 3 Buzeta, M.-I.; Singh, R.; Young-Lai, S. (2003). Identification of Significant Marine and Coastal Areas in the Bay of Fundy (PDF) (Report). Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
- ↑ "Adams Island". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
- 1 2 "Simpsons Island". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
- ↑ Craven, Paul (2014). Petty Justice: Low Law and the Sessions System in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867. University of Toronto Press. pp. 77, elsewhere. doi:10.3138/9781442649910.
- ↑ https://archives.gnb.ca/en-ca/land-grants/view/17801/20120
- ↑ Bailey, L. W. (Loring Woart), 1839–1925., Report on the mines and minerals of New Brunswick, G.E. Fenety, 1864
- ↑ Report of Progress - Geological Survey of Canada 1870-1871. Internet Archive. 1870–1871.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Thomas, Grace Agnes; Martin, May Penery (1908). "The Smiling Isle of Passamaquoddy". en.wikisource.org. Boston, Mass.: The New England Magazine Company. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ↑ "Mining World, July 1952, pg73" (PDF). dn720005.ca.archive.org.
- ↑ Shortt, Adam; Doughty, Arthur G. (Arthur George) (1914–1917). Canada and its provinces : a history of the Canadian people and their institutions Volume 14. Kelly - University of Toronto. Toronto : Glasgow, Brook.
- ↑ "Saving Special Places: Protected Areas and the Bay of Fundy". Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership. 2005.
- ↑ "Great Fundy Cleanup slated for July 23". Quoddy Tides. 22 July 2016. p. 42. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ Kay, Lauren M.; Eddy, Tyler D.; Schmidt, Allison L.; Lotze, Heike K. (2016). "Regional differences and linkage between canopy structure and community composition of rockweed habitats in Atlantic Canada". Marine Biology. 163 (12) 251. Bibcode:2016MarBi.163..251K. doi:10.1007/s00227-016-3027-3.