Oven Head Island
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | Saint Patrick Parish |
Oven Head Island is a tidal island in the Saint Patrick Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay.[1][2][3][4] [5][6][7] The Digdeguash Estuary runs 6km from Oven Head to Salmon Falls.[8]
The term "Oven Head" traditionally refers to both the tidal island, and the mainland adjacent to it attached by a gravel bar at low tide.
As of 2002, it was crown land protected under the Department of Energy and Resource Development, listed as Oven Head Provincial Park Reserve.[9] It was later purchased by the Irving family who built private residences on the island.
It has brecciated rhyolite,[10] and felsic pyroclastic rock.[11]
References
- ^ Alcock, F.J. (September 1949). "The isles of Fundy". Canadian Geographic. 39 (3): 92–107. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org.
- ^ Gazetteer of Canada. New Brunswick. Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names. 1994. ISBN 978-0-660-59634-1.
- ^ Squires, Henry Dayton (1927). "Areal and Structural Geology of Saint George Map Area".
- ^ "Marine and Coastal Systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick" (PDF). waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
- ^ "From Point Lepreau to the NB/Maine Border Comprehensive Study Report" (PDF). iaac-aeic.gc.ca. p. 263.
- ^ "Exploration and Mining Geology: Journal of the Geological Society of CIM". 1993.
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