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Description
Located off E coast of Grand Manan Island: Grand Manan Parish, Charlotte County: named for Captain Thomas Ross, a Loyalist settler from Maine, who drowned in 1804: in 1866 Ross Island had a small fishing community with approximately 8 families.

Latitude : 44° 40'

Longitude : 66° 44'

County : Charlotte

Parish : Grand Manan

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Charlotte

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Russell Island 2.28 145° SE
Cheney Island 2.28 145° SE
Russell Settlement 2.28 145° SE
Ingalls Head 2.64 270° W
Grand Harbour 3.22 305° NW
Grand Manan 3.22 305° NW
Great Duck Island 3.22 55° NE
Ox Head 3.22 235° SW
White Head 3.94 160° SSE
Woodwards Cove 3.94 340° NNW
Nantucket Island 3.94 20° NNE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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