Wicked Woods (2010)
“A place will spit a christened name out as easily as a fish slipping an unwanted lure.
Campobello Island dangles out of the mouth of the Bay of Fundy just north–west of Grand Manan Island like a lost fishing hook. The Passamaquoddy First Nations people, a peaceful fishing tribe whose name literally means “pollock-spearer,” originally called the island Ebaqhuit, which means “lying beside the land.”
Captain Cyprian Southack — famed privateer, cartographer, and treasure hunter— decided to rename E...baqhuit in 1773, calling it the Great Island of Passamaquoddy. Folks who live there will tell you that while their island was pretty enough it was hardly worth calling great, but I guess old Southack must have been fairly impressed.
In 1770, the island was granted to William Owen, an officer of the Royal Navy who had lost an arm as the result of a wound suffered during the Seven Years’ War. The grant was a compen–sation for his work as an aide to Lord William Campbell. At the time, Lord William Campbell was the appointed governor of Nova Scotia.MoreLess
Campobello Island dangles out of the mouth of the Bay of Fundy just north–west of Grand Manan Island like a lost fishing hook. The Passamaquoddy First Nations people, a peaceful fishing tribe whose name literally means “pollock-spearer,” originally called the island Ebaqhuit, which means “lying beside the land.”
Captain Cyprian Southack — famed privateer, cartographer, and treasure hunter— decided to rename E...baqhuit in 1773, calling it the Great Island of Passamaquoddy. Folks who live there will tell you that while their island was pretty enough it was hardly worth calling great, but I guess old Southack must have been fairly impressed.
In 1770, the island was granted to William Owen, an officer of the Royal Navy who had lost an arm as the result of a wound suffered during the Seven Years’ War. The grant was a compen–sation for his work as an aide to Lord William Campbell. At the time, Lord William Campbell was the appointed governor of Nova Scotia.MoreLess
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