Adams Island (New Brunswick)
Native name: Amog’enesk’ Fishing Place[1] | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Area | 50[2] acres (20 ha) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | West Isles Parish |
Adams Island is an island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay.
It is mineral-rich with copper ores, with bornite and copper glance.[3][4][5][6]
In 1952, both Adam's Island and nearby Simpson Island were purchased by the Anthonian Mining Corporation, with drilling starting immediately on Adam's.[7] Both had mining efforts in the 1860s as well.[8] There was a copper mine operated by the British company "The Casco Bay Mining Company".[9] In 1964, two century-old inland mine shafts on Adams Island were re-opened by the Newcastle Mining Co, but the third mine shaft near the coast extending under the ocean was flooded and unable to re-open.[10]
John Adams, the Connecticut loyalist who moved from New York to Deer Island, New Brunswick around 1804 on land between Thomas Farrell and D. Butler, is believed to have died on Adams Island.
The north end of the island was titled Chatty's Point, and it was owned by David and John Mowat who also owned Mowat's Island.[1]
In 1916, a bell buoy was added to the island.[11]
In August 1928, the murdered body of 60-year old Linwood Lord was discovered in ten feet of water off the shore of Adams Island, where he lived.[12]
In December 1985, a study by Parks Canada assessed the island's value as $30,300.[2]
In Summer 2012, the island was one of four studied as a rockweed habitat as it is commercially harvested here by locals.[13]
References
- ^ a b "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick".
- ^ a b Parks Canada, "West Isles Feasibility Study....a National Marine Park in the West Isles", December 1985
- ^ "Descriptive catalogue of a collection of econom... - Canadiana".
- ^ Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1870-1871, pgs 82-111, https://archive.org/details/report-of-progress-gsc_1870-1871/page/n5/mode/2up
- ^ Bailey, L. W. (Loring Woart), 1839-1925., Report on the mines and minerals of New Brunswick, G.E. Fenety, 1864
- ^ Journal of the House of Assembly of New Brunswick from February to April, 1864, https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00951_81/998 pg66+
- ^ https://dn720005.ca.archive.org/0/items/sim_mining-world_1952-07_14_8/sim_mining-world_1952-07_14_8.pdf, Mining World, July 1952, pg73
- ^ "Canada and its provinces : A history of the Canadian people and their institutions Volume 14".
- ^ https://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/1870/187000690063_p.%2063.pdf
- ^ The Calgary Herald Jan 4 1964, https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?lang=en&record_id=record-10835-8601260
- ^ The Beacon : Vol. XXVIII, No. 35 (February 24, 1917)
- ^ The Morning Leader Aug 23 1928, https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?lang=en&record_id=record-10835-20500645
- ^ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-016-3027-3, "Regional differences and linkage between canopy structure and community composition of rockweed habitats in Atlantic Canada"