Kent Island, New Brunswick, Canada is an island located near Grand Manan Island off the coast of New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy. It is in Charlotte County.
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Coordinates | 44°34′55″N 66°45′22″W / 44.58194°N 66.75611°W |
Adjacent to | Bay of Fundy |
Length | 2.8 km (1.74 mi) |
Highest elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Province | New Brunswick |
The island is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long and its maximum elevation is 61 feet (19 m). The land area is about 200 acres (81 hectares).[1]
It is the site of the Bowdoin Scientific Research Station, which is mainly involved in bird and nature research. The island was donated to Bowdoin College in 1936 by John Sterling Rockefeller.[2] The first director of the Bowdoin research station was ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross, until his retirement in 1953.[2][3]
See also
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edit- ^ "Kent Island". Bowdoin College. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ a b "Bowdoin Scientific Station (Kent Island)". Bowdoin College. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ "The Heath Hen and Other Early Ornithological Films of Alfred Otto Gross". Bowdoin College Special Collections and Archives. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2023-06-07.