  Cheney Island Location in the Bay of Fundy | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Archipelago | Grand Manan Archipelago |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | Grand Manan Parish |
Cheney Island is located between Ross Island and White Head Island in the Grand Manan archipelago in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. It is accessible by foot, at low tide. [1]
The island was settled in 1785 by William Cheney [2] [3] and his wife Elizabeth Swett from Newburyport, Massachusetts, who raised 13 children. [3] William Cheney was murdered on the island in 1803. [3]
The owner, S.E. Russell, began trying to sell the island in 1905. [4]
In 1925, the Mourik family moved onto the island from the Netherlands until 1947. [5]
It was purchased in the 1970s by Henri-François Gautrin Sr., the father of Quebec liberal politician Henri-François Gautrin, who built a new house on the island, as well as a smaller caretaker's home, as the former dwelling had not been used in twenty years. [3] [5]
It had a telegraph station as of 1896, [6] and its power is provided by NB Power. [3] There is a remote-operated foghorn on Half Tide Rock, activated by any mariner clicking the radio microphone five times set to Channel 65A (156.275 MHz). [7]
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