Casco Bay Island
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Casco Bay Island (formerly Case's Bay Island or Casco Island) is a private island located in Passamaquoddy Bay, between Campobello Island and Deer Island, in New Brunswick, Canada. The island is approximately 41 acres in size at the mean high tide line. Found at 44°57'20" North and 66°55'55" West.
W. F. Ganong noted that the "Green Island" referenced in Mitchell's 1764 Ms. Field Book appears not to have referred to the modern Green Island, but was likely a reference to Casco Bay Island given its described coordinates. They were further tied together by the 1870 Geological Survey. Although Baillie's 1832 "Account of the Province of New Brunswick" considered them separate.
In 1771, Casco Bay Island was claimed by William Owen alongside Campobello and Sandy Island. In April 1786, Charles Morris, of Halifax, claimed to have purchased at a Sheriff's Sale the entirety of Casco Bay Island, Head Harbour Island and some thousands of acres on Campobello, and sold the same lands to Gillam Butler who later sold them for £2500 to his colleague Thomas Storrow who worked with him at John Fraser & Co Merchants, but later bought it back for £2000. Lady Owen, gifted Casco Bay Island to Chief Justice John Campbell Allen.
As of 1839, the island was one of four belonging to the Campobello Mill and Manufacturing Company.
It is steep on its eastern side, and ledges run 300m off its northern and southwestern edges.
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