Man o'War Island

This is about the Man O War (dubbed an island, islet or rock) in New Brunswick, not to be confused with Man O War similarly dubbed, in the Annapolis Basin of Nova Scotia or Man-O-War Cay in the Bahamas
Man o'War Island
Interactive map of Man o'War Island
Geography
LocationBay of Fundy
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
ParishSaint George Parish

Man o'War Island is an undeveloped island in the Saint George Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy.[1][2][3] It is at the mouth of L'etang Harbour.[4]

There are aquaculture sites off of Man o'War Island, including owned by Kelly Cove Aquaculture.[5][6]

As of 1923, it had two buoys associated with the island.[7]

In October 1925, Harry Stone's two-masted schooner Cora Gertie sank with no lives lost, in a gale after being blown into Bliss Harbour and striking Man o'War Island. It had been parked 12 miles off the coast to sell smuggled White Horse whiskey which was salvaged from the sunken wreck.[8][9][10][11] Prohibition inspectors found ten gallons of alcohol in a bog on Spruce Island where the crew had reached shore.[12]

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. ^ "Man o'War Island". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  4. ^ "Fifty Seventh Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries for the year 1923-24 Marine" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Heather Hunt Maps" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Canada Gazette, part I - OTTAWA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2007" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Fifty-Sevent Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries", 1924, page 43" (PDF).
  8. ^ Wentworth, Ernest & Richard Wilbur, "Silver Harvest", 1986
  9. ^ "Daily Gleaner, Oct 12, 1925".
  10. ^ “…gathering pebbles on a boundless shore…” — The Rum Beach Site and Intertidal Archaeology in the Canadian Quoddy Region 1, David W. Black
  11. ^ “The ballad of the good ship Cora & Gertie” (Saint Croix Courier, Dec. 3, 1980)
  12. ^ Allaby, Eric (2022). The Sea Wins: Shipwrecks of the Bay of Fundy. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 9781774711378.
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