Salkeld Islands

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Salkeld Islands
Salkeld Islands
Geography
Location Bay of Fundy
Area8 [1]  ha (20 acres)
Administration
Canada
Province New Brunswick
County Charlotte
Parish Lepreau Parish

The Salkeld Islands (also called The Brothers [2] [3] ) are two undeveloped islands in the Pennfield Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy. [4] [5] [6] The islands are named after John Salkeld, a Loyalist from Florida who settled in Mace's Bay in 1784 lending his name to a small settlement on the mainland.

In 1992, the Salkeld Islands were gifted to the provincial government by Saint John Terminals Ltd. [1]

Bordered by high cliffs and covered in grass, the two islands form a Protected Natural Area. [1] [7] They are nesting grounds for Black-backed gulls, Herring gulls, Eider ducks, Oldsquaw, Common Golldeneye, Great Cormorants and Double-crested Cormorants. [1] They are an important nesting site for eider ducks. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 NB Naturalist, December 1992 - https://www.naturenb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NBNatVol019No4.pdf
  2. ↑ "IBA Site Listing". ibacanada.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  3. ↑ "IBA Site Listing". www.ibacanada.org. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  4. ↑ "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "489" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 490, 497, 500, and 501 at same site.
  6. ↑ "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ Identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas in the Bay of Fundy, Gulf of Maine: Areas identified for review, and assessment of the Quoddy region, Volume 1, 2008

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