Penn Island (New Brunswick)
Island in New Brunswick, Canada
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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]
 Interactive map of Penn Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Coordinates | 45°5′58″N 66°36′48″W |
| Area | 11[1] ha (27 acres) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | Pennfield Parish |
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.
