Bliss Islands

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The Bliss Islands (formerly L'etang Islands) are three adjacent islands in the Saint George Parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada in the Bay of Fundy. They are named after Samuel Bliss, the original grantee in the 18th century who was also granted title to White Horse Island. They are commonly written as a single island, although technically there is a northeast ("Pentelow's Island"), central and southwest landmass. The Bliss Islands have three shell middens, dubbed BgDq4, BgDq5 and BgDq6, as well as a site believe to be Bliss's original home. An arrowhead estimated to date to 600BC has also been recovered in the BgDg6 midden. Rum Beach has also yielded stones with signs of primitive human shaping. There is a lighthouse on the west end of the island, on the southern side of the western entrance to Bliss Harbour.

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