Cape Jourimain | |
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Location | Bayfield, New Brunswick, Canada |
Coordinates | 46°09′42″N 63°48′55″W / 46.16164759999999°N 63.81528300000002°W |
Area | 621 hectares (1,530 acres) |
Website | https://www.capejourimain.ca/ |
Cape Jourimain is an area made of two islands and a section of mainland along the southwestern shore of the Northumberland Strait, three kilometres west of New Brunswick's easternmost point at Cape Tormentine. The two islands, Jourimain and Trenholm, have been connected to the mainland since 1966 by an artificial causeway. Cape Jourimain is the historic crossing point from New Brunswick (NB) to Prince Edward Island (PEI) and is host to the western end of the Confederation Bridge, Canada's longest fixed-link crossing. In 1980, the two islands, including a section of mainland, were designated as a National Wildlife Area (NWA) [1] and in 2001 the Cape Jourimain Nature Centre, operated by a charitable nonprofit organization, was opened to the public.[2]