Jameson Island (formerly called Hog Island) is an undeveloped island in the West Isles Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Bay of Fundy enters Passamaquoddy Bay. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 490, 497, 500, and 501 at same site.
There is a geodetic triangulation station on the highest point."Triangulation in Maine", U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 There is a green cylindrical mast light navigation aid, that operates at night.
The Deer Island ferry service runs between Macs and Pendleton Island on the northwest, and Jameson Island on the southeast.
Geography and composition Jameson, Crow, Hardwood, Parker and Partridge Island are all share a land shelf north of Deer Island, where the waters are generally less than 10m below mean sea level in depth.What Images Return: A Study of the Stratigraphy and Seasonality of a Small Shell Midden in the West Isles of New Brunswick, November 1983
History George Alexander Jameson was born Dec 29 1819 on the island, to parents John Alexander Jameson and Elizabeth Bonney.
In 1832, Thomas Baillie wrote of an island south of Macs Island "which has been settled, but now is deserted. It contains about fifty acres, and is fit for a fisherman.", which could reference Jameson or Parker Island.
As of 2009, Vincent Pine was living in the only house on the island.
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