White Horse Islet

This article is about the White Horse Island/Islet in Grand Manan Parish, it is not to be confused with the White Horse Island some distance north in West Isles Parish

White Horse Islet

Interactive map of White Horse Islet
Geography
Location	Bay of Fundy
Administration
Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Parish	Grand Manan Parish

White Horse Islet is an undeveloped island in the Grand Manan Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

It is a nesting place for cormorants, but lacks the cliff structure necessary for kittiwake breeding. ^{[4] [5]}

Sitting southeast of Little Wood Island, ^[6] White Horse Islet has a steel navigation aid tower. ^{[7] [8]}

There are two dangerous sunken rocks off its edge. [9] 

References

1. "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
2. "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.
3. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. "Estimates of Changes in Seabird Numbers in the Grand Manan Archipelago, New Brunswick, Canada". Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
5. Kehoe, F. Patrick; Diamond, Antony W. (2001). "Increases and expansion of the New Brunswick breeding population of Black-legged Kittiwakes, Rissa tridactyla". The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 115 (2): 349–350. doi:10.5962/p.363799.
6. Sailing Directions for Nova Scotia, 1952, US Navy Hydrographic Office
7. https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/052/details-eng.cfm?pid=52175&nav=4
8. "Atlantic coast - List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-16.
9. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Eastport to Cape Cod, Volume 1, 1974