Adams Island (New Brunswick)

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Adams Island
Native name:
Amog’enesk’
Fishing Place [1]
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Adams Island (New Brunswick)
Interactive map of Adams Island
Geography
Location Bay of Fundy
Coordinates 45°0′48.45″N66°54′11.09″W / 45.0134583°N 66.9030806°W / 45.0134583; -66.9030806
Area50 [2] acres (20 ha)
Administration
Canada
Province New Brunswick
County Charlotte
Parish West Isles Parish

Adams Island is an island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay. Chaffey's Point is on the north end of the island. [3]

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It has been the subject of subtidal graduate studies. [4] In 1978, Mackay noted a high species abundance and diversity here, and five other nearby islands. [4]

History

John Adams, the Connecticut Loyalist, left from New York in the Fall Fleet of 1783 to Adams Island, New Brunswick where he was mentioned living in an1818 deed. In 1849, his grandson Daniel Adams built the 7-ton schooner Plover on Adams Island, which was still in commercial service in 1873. [5]

The north end of the island was titled Chatty's Point, and it was owned by David and John Mowat who also owned Mowat's Island. [1]

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A map showing Adams Island

In 1916, a bell buoy was added to the island. [6]

In August 1928, the murdered body of 60-year old Linwood Lord was discovered in ten feet of water off the shore of Adams Island, where he lived. [7]

In December 1985, a study by Parks Canada assessed the island's value as $30,300. [2]

In the summer of 1986, benthic algae sublittoral research stations were set up across the region including on Adams Island. [8]

In Summer 2012, the island was one of four studied as a rockweed habitat as it is commercially harvested here by locals. [9]

Mining

Adams Island is mineral-rich with copper ores, with bornite and copper glance. [10] [11] [12] [13]

In 1952, both Adam's Island and nearby Simpson 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] There was a copper mine operated by the British company "The Casco Bay Mining Company". [16] In 1964, two century-old inland mine shafts on Adams Island were re-opened by the Newcastle Mining Co, but the third mine shaft near the coast extending under the ocean was flooded and unable to re-open. [17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick".
  2. 1 2 Parks Canada, "West Isles Feasibility Study....a National Marine Park in the West Isles", December 1985
  3. ↑ "National Topographic System, 1:50,000: Canada ... - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca.
  4. 1 2 "Identification of Significant Marine and Coastal Areas in the Bay of Fundy" (PDF). publications.gc.ca. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  5. ↑ An Alphabetical List of all the Shipping Registered in the Province of New Brunswick", 1873
  6. ↑ The Beacon: Vol. XXVIII, No. 35 (February 24, 1917)
  7. ↑ "The Morning Leader". www.oldnews.com. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  8. ↑ Fernald, Merritt Lyndon; New England Botanical Club.; Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln. Rhodora. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cambridge, Mass., etc.] New England Botanical Club [etc.]
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Descriptive catalogue of a collection of economic minerals of New Brunswick prepared for the Toronto exhibition on behalf of the New Brunswick government". canadiana.ca.
  11. ↑ Report of Progress - Geological Survey of Canada 1870-1871. 1870–1871 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ↑ Bailey, L. W. (Loring Woart), 1839-1925., Report on the mines and minerals of New Brunswick, G.E. Fenety, 1864
  13. ↑ "Journal of the House of Assembly of the provinc... - Canadiana". canadiana.ca. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  14. ↑ "Mining World 1952-07: Vol 14 Iss 8" (PDF). dn720005.ca.archive.org. July 1952. p. 73. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Canada and its provinces : A history of the Canadian people and their institutions Volume 14".
  16. ↑ "Mining in Canada-continued" (PDF). www66.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  17. ↑ "The Calgary Herald Jan 4 1964". oldnews.com. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
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