Simpsons Island (New Brunswick)
Island in New Brunswick, Canada
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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]
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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 |
| Area | 40[2] acres (16 ha) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | West Isles Parish |
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]