White Island (New Brunswick)

White Island

Geography
Location	Bay of Fundy
Area	20 [1] acres (8.1 ha)
Administration
Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Parish	West Isles Parish

White Island (also called Penguin Island ^[2] andWhite Head Island ^[2] ) is an undeveloped island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

It is composed of coarse red and gray conglomerate with granite boulders ^[6]

As of 1839, the island was one of four belonging to the Campobello Mill and Manufacturing Company. ^[7] Fringing shoals 300+ metres offshore. ^[8]

In December 1985, a study by Parks Canada assessed the island's value as $12,100. ^[1]

White Island, and a sill near Campobello's tip, are considered critical to the feeding areas for finback whales in the region. ^[9]

References

1. Parks Canada, "West Isles Feasibility Study....a National Marine Park in the West Isles", December 1985
2. "Sketch of the province of New Brunswick" (PDF). us.archive.org.
3. "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. "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.
5. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
6. "Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1870-1871". pp. 82–111.
7. "The Campobello Mill and Manufacturing Company, in New Brunswick, British North America". 1839.
8. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Eastport to Cape Cod, Volume 1, 1960, pg50 and elsewhere
9. "Information archivée dans le Web | Information Archived on the Web" (PDF). publications.gc.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-11.