450 MAIN ST |
Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : North Cape Coastal Drive
Description From Owner:
- In Cascumpec Bay, Lot 5. Named for Robert Oulton who with Charles Dalton raised silver foxes there from 1894. Meacham 1880 Savage Island. Known as Cherry Island when Oulton bought it.
- A small, undeveloped island off the north shores of P.E.I. where blue herons, bald eagles and double-crested cormorants nest is set to be purchased by the Nature Conservancy of Canada and eventually placed under the full-time stewardship of the Mi'kmaq.
- The island, about 400 metres from Cascumpec Bay, has four kilometres of beach shoreline and supports salt marsh and freshwater wetland ecosystems and is also home to Acadian forests composed of jack pine, black spruce and white birch.
- About 90 per cent of Prince Edward Island is privately owned.
- With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
Address of this page: http://pei.ruralroutes.com/OultonsIsland