Cherry Island (also called Cherry Islet) is located off the southern coast of Indian Island, between the larger Campobello Island and Deer Island in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.Alcock, Frederick James. "The Isles of Fundy", Can Geo, 1949 https://archive.org/details/sim_canadian-geographic_1949-09_39_3/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22deer+island%22+campobello
There is a geodetic triangulation station on the southwest point of the island,"Triangulation in Maine", U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 a bronze disc set in a drilled hole in rock.Joint Report Upon the Survey and Demarcation of the Boundary Between the United States and Canada from the Source of the St. Croix River to the Atlantic", 1934
The island was granted to D. Campbell in 1806.Ganong, WF, "A monograph of the place-nomenclature of the province of New Brunswick" It was one of five islands dismissed by author Abraham Gesner in 1847 as "small eminences of little importance".
In 1903, a fog-bell was added to the island, and Harvey V. Chaffey, descended from the original inhabitant of Indian Island, lived on Cherry Island to care for it until 1914, when Mendle Fountain, descended from the second inhabitant of Indian Island, moved his family to Cherry Island to care for the station until his death in June 1915.The Beacon : Vol. 27, No. 1 (July 1, 1915)The Beacon : Vol. 26, No. 29 (February 18, 1915) In 1916 a new fogbell was added, and additions to the dwelling.The Beacon : Vol. XXVIII, No. 35 (February 24, 1917) In 1914, a proper 8 metre light station was constructed adjacent to the fog-bell.
In 1969, a red-and-white-banded lighthouse station was built to supplement the fog-bell which sounds every 30 seconds. Two outbuildings of the lighthouse were maintained on the island until the 21st century, when they were demolished by the Government of Canada.
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