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Deer Island, NB, Canada -where friendliness is a way of life!


Island Trivia
(with thanks to Atlantic Coastguide 1998)





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   Deer Island has been inhabited since 1770
   It is exactly half-way between the Equator
         and North Pole

   The first Lobster pound in North America
         was established on Beans Island, located
         off Deer Island

   Today, several lobster pounds together
         are capable of storing about 3,000,000
         at any one time. However these establishments are primarily for private commercial
         distribution by tractor-trailer truckloads in Boston, New York etc..

The largest Tidal Whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere (World?) can be viewed from Deer Island Point Campground during each flood tide
Deer Island is Campobello Island's "missing link" during the winter months as their only link to Canada is by East Coast Ferries' toll car ferry from mid-June, July, August and September
There are several accommodations such as a motel, B&B locations, cottages, efficiency suites etc..
There are three licensed restaurants plus two diners
There are three general stores plus three post offices
The first salmon sea farm in Atlantic Canada was established in Richardson Harbour
Whale watching and Kayaking tours are available
Deer Island is the site of the proposed West Isles Nature & Marine Park
Beachcombing is at the top of everyone's list
Birdwatching and cycling are two favourite pasttimes
Deer Island is a photographer's paradise. Each turn in the road presents an opportunity to create an "original masterpiece"
Of the four ferries, two are operated year around at taxpayer's expense and two toll ferries operate during summer only to Campobello and Eastport
Rock formations include "The Devil's Hand" and "Circle of Love". The former formation is best viewed by car off the main road to Nor-West Harbour and the latter by boat on Passamaquoddy Bay
Deer Island's population - 1,000 souls
Deer Island had one of the first privately operated telephone companies in New Brunswick with a link to Eastport Maine
Admiral Harding had tea on Deer Island (War of 1812). He later took the British fleet to Washington D.C., for a "weiner roast" and house warming.
Several public wharves afford an opportunity to go Flounder fishing at your own leisure using your own fishing tackle
Although hiking trails are not "official" some local residents may be "unofficially" willing to show you around and about "the masterpiece of our picture province".
During World War Two, several German Submarine Sailors were rumoured to have come ashore to secretly attend a local dance

For more information;

Contact:
Winston Lambert
135 Hersonville Rd.,
Lambert's Cove, Deer Island, N.B., Canada
E5V-1C4
Tel:(506) 747-2426


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