Salkeld Islands

This article is about the two coastal islands known as "The Brothers", not about the three islands north of Saint John known as "The Brothers" as part of the Wolastoq reserve.

Salkeld Islands

Interactive map of Salkeld Islands
Geography
Location	Bay of Fundy
Area	8[1] ha (20 acres)
Administration
Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Parish	Lepreau Parish

The Salkeld Islands (also called The Brothers^[2][3]) are two undeveloped islands in the Pennfield Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy.^[4][5][6]

The islands are named after John Salkeld, a Quaker^[7] Loyalist from Florida who settled in Mace's Bay in 1784 lending his name to a small settlement on the mainland. His grandson, also named John Salkeld, lived on the Wolf Islands and was disowned from the Quaker church.^[8]

William Francis Ganong notes the "twin islands" referenced in the works of Samuel Champlain and appearing on his 1612 map of the region is a reference to the Salkelds.^[9]

In 1992, the Salkeld Islands were gifted to the provincial government by Saint John Terminals Ltd.^[1] It is maintained as a Protected Natural Area by the Department of Natural Resources.^[10]

Bordered by high cliffs and covered in grass, the two islands form a Protected Natural Area.^[1][11] They are nesting grounds for Black-backed gulls, Herring gulls, Eider ducks, Oldsquaw, Common Golldeneye, Great Cormorants and Double-crested Cormorants.^[1] They are an important nesting site for eider ducks.^[12]

References

1. NB Naturalist, December 1992 - https://www.naturenb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NBNatVol019No4.pdf
2. "IBA Site Listing". ibacanada.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
3. "IBA Site Listing". www.ibacanada.org. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
4. "No. 166". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
5. "489" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 490, 497, 500, and 501 at same site.
6. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. Mekeel, Arthur J. (1947). "Quaker-Loyalist Settlers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia". Bulletin of Friends Historical Association. 36 (1): 26–38. doi:10.1353/qkh.1947.a395523. JSTOR 41933968.
8. Mekeel, Arthur J. (1947). "Quaker-Loyalist Settlers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia". Bulletin of Friends Historical Association. 36 (1): 26–38. doi:10.1353/qkh.1947.a395523. JSTOR 41933968.
9. "The works of Samuel de Champlain". 1922.
10. https://indicators-map.canada.ca/App/Detail?id=081719&GoCTemplateCulture=en-CA
11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-17.
12. Identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas in the Bay of Fundy, Gulf of Maine: Areas identified for review, and assessment of the Quoddy region, Volume 1, 2008