Hardwood Island (Saint Patrick Parish NB)

This island is not to be confused with Hardwood Island which is some kilometres to the East near Deer Island.
Hardwood Island
Hospital Island and Hardwood Island
Geography
LocationBay of Fundy
Area14.2[1] ha (35 acres)
Highest elevation9 m (30 ft)[2]
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
ParishSaint Patrick Parish

Hardwood Island is an undeveloped island in the Saint Patrick Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

It is adjacent and "almost adjoined by ledges"[2] to the much smaller Hospital Island, originally known as "Little Hardwood Island", which became a prominent quarantine station for incoming Irish immigrants.[9]

In 1795, the McMaster brothers purchased Hardwood Island, Hog Island and Long Island.[10]

It was nominated to become an Ecological Reserve due to its diversity of birds including great blue heron, osprey and Herring gullss.[1] In 1994, the breeding colony of common eiders on Hardwood Island saw half its females killed, with investigation uncovering both predators and Pasteurella multocida bacterial infection.[11]

In September 1997, the island was used for dye dispersion trials in Passamaquoddy Bay, seeking to trace the route of sea louse pesticides.[12]

In 2020, one of the largest Great White Sharks recorded was seen off the coast of Hardwood Island.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2009/mpo-dfo/Fs97-6-2788E.pdf
  2. ^ a b https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2023/mpo-dfo/Fs74-48-2023-10-eng.pdf
  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. ^ "Quarantine Hospital Island - Image and Documents Gallery".
  7. ^ "Historic Walks".
  8. ^ "Hospital Island".
  9. ^ "Hospital Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  10. ^ Nicolson, Colin (2007). "A Plan "To Banish All the Scotchmen": Victimization and Political Mobilization in Pre-Revolutionary Boston". Massachusetts Historical Review. 9: 55–102. JSTOR 25081213.
  11. ^ "Newsletter 2 - 3, Fall 1994" (PDF). Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre.
  12. ^ https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/364370.pdf
  13. ^ "Great white shark up to 20 feet long seen off St. Andrews". 14 August 2020.


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