White Horse Islet

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White Horse Islet
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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] There are two dangerous sunken rocks off its edge. [8]

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. https://bioone.org/journals/Waterbirds/volume-26/issue-4/1524-4695(2003)026[0462:EOCISN]2.0.CO;2/Estimates-of-Changes-in-Seabird-Numbers-in-the-Grand-Manan/10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0462:EOCISN]2.0.CO;2.short
  5. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=00083550&asa=N&AN=8795149&h=ZNFCV2sEo6s7uBw6a1cVjqDcqHiVZHOAv7Yqnsc7qNJg5au%2FNUMiVY8iFJbTWcEglxLS87QZGCwd847txxLVCQ%3D%3D&crl=c
  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. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Eastport to Cape Cod, Volume 1, 1974