Hills Island (formerly Governor's Island, Clinch's Folly,:File:McCallum Survey.jpeg McCann Island) is an island in the Saint George Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 490, 497, 500, and 501 at same site. It is the largest and easternmost of the islands that separate Letang Harbour and Bliss Harbour. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series, Upload.wikimedia.org
Ganong wrote that the name Clinch's Folly was in use from 1783, the same year Peter Clinch received his land grant in Saint George. Ganong notes the name "Governor's Island" is "No doubt because [of] a government military reservation".
In 2001, Hills Island Salmon Ltd, based out of Beaver Harbour, was awarded a $397,142 grant.
In 2024 it was listed for private sale, noting a 3-bedroom off-grid cottage with solar power with an outbuilding.
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