Beans Island

Beans Island
Native name:
Muskoont'kik.
Geography
LocationBay of Fundy
Coordinates44°59′55″N 66°55′59″W / 44.99861°N 66.93306°W / 44.99861; -66.93306
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyCharlotte
ParishWest Isles Parish

Beans Island, (also called Bains Island) is a small uninhabited island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay. It is particularly known for being the site of North America's first lobster pound. The island has long since been abandoned. though its shores house a series of salmon hatcheries.

It is composed of heavy beds of pinkish chert felsite.

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