Navy Island (Saint Andrews)
Interactive map of Navy Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | Saint Andrews Parish |
Navy Island (previously termed St. Andrews Island) is an undeveloped island in the St. Andrews Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy.
In 1777, Matthew Thornton, the nephew of US founding father Matthew Thornton, spent a winter "alone with his dog and gun", on Navy Island "after fellow Freemasons helped him escape the United States and flee to Canada.
A shoal extending from Navy Island was the site of a lighthouse.
There is a geodetic triangulation station on the island, 66 metres south of the ruins of a stone fence.
Approximately half the island is owned by the Nature Trust of New Brunswick.