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Deer Island is one of the Fundy Islands in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. It is at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. The island was first settled by colonists around 1770.[1]

Deer Island
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
Settled1770
Area
 • Total38.32 km2 (14.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total718
 • Density18.7/km2 (48/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
 9.9%
 • Dwellings
475

Local government is provided by the West Isles Local Service District, which is within the Southwest NB Regional Service Commission.[2]

At 45 km2, it is the largest island in the West Isles Parish CSD, which had a 2021 population of 718.[3] It has three communities: Fairhaven, Leonardville, and Lords Cove.[4] There is a primary school on the island, while older pupils attend Fundy High School on the mainland.

The economy is primarily fishing and aquaculture based although tourism is growing. The Old Sow, the largest tidal whirlpool in the western hemisphere[5] can be viewed from Deer Island Point Park.[6]

The major route is New Brunswick Route 772. The year round L'Etete to Deer Island Ferries run by the government, Deer Island Princess II and Abnaki II, connect Deer Island with L'Etete, New Brunswick on the mainland. During the summer, privately operated ferries, through East Coast Ferries Ltd, operate the Cummings Cove to Welshpool Ferry, Hopper II, to Campobello Island. The Cummings Cove to Eastport Ferry, Fundy Trail II to Maine, has been defunct since 2014. There are two lighthouses on Deer Island. One is in Leonardville and the second is located on Deer island point.

Leonardville Lighthouse
LocationDeer Island, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates44°58′06″N 66°57′18″W
Tower
Constructed1914 
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionwooden tower
Height8 m (26 ft) 
Shapesquare frustun tower with balcony and lantern[7][8]
Markingswhite tower, red lantern roof
OperatorCanadian Coast Guard 
Light
Focal height20 m (66 ft) 
Range10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) 
CharacteristicF W 



References


  1. "Deer Island History and Little Known Facts". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - West Isles, Parish (P) [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. "LETETE - DEER ISLAND FERRY". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  5. "Old Sow Whirlpool". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. "Public Parks Recreation Areas Hiking Trails". Quoddy Loop. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  7. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  8. List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.


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[de] Deer Island (New Brunswick)

Die in der Mitte der Passamaquoddy Bay gelegene Insel Deer Island ist ein Knotenpunkt für den Fährverkehr im Grenzgebiet der kanadischen Provinz New Brunswick und dem US-Bundesstaat Maine. Sie gehört zur West Isles Parish im Charlotte County.
- [en] Deer Island (New Brunswick)

[fr] Île Deer

L'île Deer est une île du Canada dans le Nouveau-Brunswick.

[it] Isola Deer (Isole Fundy)

L'Isola Deer è un'isola del Canada appartenente all'arcipelago delle isole Fundy, che si trova nella baia di Fundy, davanti alla Baia di Passamaquoddy, amministrativamente apparteniene al Nuovo Brunswick.


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