Hospital Island (West Isles)

This is about the Hospital Island that falls between St. Helena Island (New Brunswick) and White Island (New Brunswick), it should not be confused with the nearby Hospital Island (St. Andrews)

Hospital Island

Geography
Location	Bay of Fundy
Area	6–9.7 [1] acres (2.4–3.9 ha)
Administration
Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Parish	West Isles Parish

Hospital Island is an undeveloped island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

In December 1985, a study by Parks Canada assessed the island's value as $2,500. ^[1]

A 1985 study confirmed the presence of a possible unnamed shipwreck off the southern edge of the island. ^[1]

In 1929, author Frances Gillmor published "Thumbcap Weir" which was set on a West Isles Parish, New Brunswick island titled "Deadman's Island" which was connected at low tide to a "Thumbcap" which held a herring weir. The island appears to have been modeled off Jouett's Island and Hospital Island and situated impossibly north of Spectacle Islands but south of White Horse Island. ^[5]

References

1. Parks Canada, "West Isles Feasibility Study....a National Marine Park in the West Isles", December 1985. Figure 12.
2. "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
3. "489" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 490, 497, 500, and 501 at same site.
4. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
5. https://archive.org/details/thumbcapweir0000gill/page/206/mode/2up "Gillmor, Frances. "Thumbcap Weir", 1929. Especially pages 44 and 206