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 Hospital Island and Hardwood Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Area | 14.2 [1] ha (35 acres) |
| Highest elevation | 9 m (30 ft) [2] |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | Saint Patrick Parish |
Hardwood Island is an undeveloped island in the Saint Patrick Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
It is adjacent and "almost adjoined by ledges" [2] to the much smaller Hospital Island, originally known as "Little Hardwood Island", which became a prominent quarantine station for incoming Irish immigrants. [9]
In 1795, the McMaster brothers purchased Hardwood Island, Hog Island and Long Island. [10]
It was nominated to become an Ecological Reserve due to its diversity of birds including great blue heron, osprey and Herring gullss. [1] In 1994, the breeding colony of common eiders on Hardwood Island saw half its females killed, with investigation uncovering both predators and Pasteurella multocida bacterial infection. [11]
In 2020, one of the largest Great White Sharks recorded was seen off the coast of Hardwood Island. [12]
