Barnes Island (New Brunswick)

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Barnes Island (New Brunswick)
Geography
Location Bay of Fundy
Coordinates 45°00′17″N66°54′00″W / 45.00479°N 66.89991°W / 45.00479; -66.89991
Area33 [1] [2] acres (13 ha)
Administration
Canada
Province New Brunswick
County Charlotte
Parish West Isles Parish

Barnes Island (also called Barn Island [3] [4] ) is an undeveloped 33-acre island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay.

Covered in mixed soft and hardwood, and raspberries, the island is privately owned by the New Brunswick Land Trust with an easement for the Nature Trust of New Brunswick. [5] [6] [7] It was closed to public camping in 1997. [7] In 2016, volunteers with the Trust helped clean the island's shores. [8]

It was one of four islands studied in 1997 for the impact of sea kayaking on the Bay of Fundy environment. [1] In Summer 2012, the island was one of four studied as a rockweed habitat. [9]

Alonzo "Lon" Greenlaw was born on Barnes Island to Warren Greenlaw prior to the latter's move to Conley's Point in Leonardville. [10] In 1884, 15-year old William Thornton died on Barnes Island after a "life marked by suffering". [11] In 1911, US Civil War veteran Levi Call sent his sons to Deer Island for a doctor complaining of feeling ill, then retired to his bedroom on Barnes Island and killed himself with a shotgun blast to the face. [12] [13] [14] [15]

In December 1985, a study by Parks Canada assessed the island's value as $24,200. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Oxley, Anne C.Irving; Brown, Robert D. (January 2003). "Sustainability of wilderness sea kayaking in the Bay of Fundy, Canada". Ocean & Coastal Management. 46 (1–2): 189–197. Bibcode:2003OCM....46..189O. doi:10.1016/S0964-5691(02)00127-8.
  2. 1 2 Parks Canada, "West Isles Feasibility Study....a National Marine Park in the West Isles", December 1985
  3. ↑ "St. Andrews, New Brunswick, on Passamaquoddy Bay. - Canadiana".
  4. ↑ Sailing Directions for Nova Scotia, 1952, US Navy Hydrographic Office
  5. ↑ "Western Isles Nature Preserve – A Stewart Family Preserve". Nature Trust of New Brunswick. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Our history". Nature Trust of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 Irving, Anne C. The Influence of Human Impact on Perceptions of Wilderness Among Sea Kayakers, University of Guelph, 1998 https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/c1702b42-b415-4448-a7e0-6dcee9c3bcd7/content
  8. ↑ Sturgeon, Nathalie (15 July 2017). "Cleanup crews hit beaches to gather year's worth of litter and debris". CBC News New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  9. ↑ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-016-3027-3, "Regional differences and linkage between canopy structure and community composition of rockweed habitats in Atlantic Canada"
  10. ↑ Welch, H. Wesley. "Welcome to Deer Island: Deer Island History", 1967. In reference collection St. Croix Library. Pg54
  11. ↑ The Christian : [Vol. 2, no. 8 (June 1885)], https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_06151_20/9
  12. ↑ The Semi-weekly telegraph and The News : Vol. L, No. 38 (February 11, 1911)
  13. ↑ The Standard : Vol. II, No. 275 (February 9, 1911), https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00384_19110209/1
  14. ↑ The Granite town greetings : Vol. 6, No. 31 (February 10, 1911)
  15. ↑ The Daily Gleaner : November 23, 1910-April 10, 1911

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