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Journey to GRINDSTONE ISLAND

Grindstone Island was first mapped by a French explorer in 1686. In 1768, sandstone mining and extraction began and produced both grindstones and building stones, hence giving the fitting name to the property. Resource extraction from the island continued until the early 1900s with much of it shipped out to New England, although some was used for buildings in Fredericton. Some evidence of the stone extraction remains on the island to date in the form of the geology and old machinery. The island was part of a Crown Grant to Saint Anne’s Anglican Church, Parish of Sackville in 1823. In 1859 and 1911, two parcels were sold to the government of Canada for the building of a lighthouse on the island. The remainder of the island remains in the ownership of the Parish. In 2010 the Nature Trust obtained a conservation casement on this section of the island belonging to the Parish to manage and protect the land.