![Belleisle Bay - panoramio](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Belleisle_Bay_-_panoramio.jpg)
Belleisle Bay is a
fjord
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-like branch of the
Saint John River in the
Canadian province
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of
New Brunswick
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Species of fish common to the area include, among others:
*Yellow perch
*White perch
*Smallmouth bass
*American eel
*Lamprey eel
*Pumpkin seed sunfish
*Brown bull head catfish
*Yellow bull head catfish
*White bull head catfish
*Southern channel catfish (a very rare catch in Canada)
*Chain pickerel
*Muskey (also rare)
*Sturgeon
*Stripped bass
*Brown trout
*Atlantic salmon
Geography
The bay is oriented northeast from the river, which it joins at the head of ''Long Reach'', just south of the village of
Evandale. Belleisle Bay forms part of the northern boundary of southern New Brunswick's "Kingston Peninsula", with the southern boundary being the
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...
.
Belleisle Bay has little current as it has few freshwater inlets and acts more-or-less as a lake in a glacial valley, framed by the low rolling hills of the ''St. Croix Highlands'' of the
Appalachian range. Although the bay is mostly freshwater, the entire lower Saint John River system has a limited saltwater tidal influence resulting from the
Reversing Falls
The Reversing Falls are a series of rapids on the Saint John River located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, where the river runs through a narrow gorge before emptying into the Bay of Fundy.
The semidiurnal tides of the bay force the flow ...
. Its waters freeze completely in the winter months.
Measuring approximately 18 kilometers long by 1 kilometer wide, Belleisle Bay has several small freshwater streams, namely
Kingston Creek, near the mouth of the bay, and
Belleisle Creek at the head of the bay. A small
wetland
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also exists at the head of the bay. The bay hosts a single island,
Ghost Island, located between
Elmhurst and
Lower Kars.
The bay is located entirely within
Kings County. The
Belleisle Bay Ferry
The Belleisle Bay Ferry is a cable ferry in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The ferry crosses Belleisle Bay, a fjord-like branch of the Saint John River, linking Kars on the north bank to Long Point on the south bank.
The crossing is i ...
, a year-round
cable ferry
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, crosses the bay between
Earle Wharf and
Long Point.
See also
*
List of bays of New Brunswick
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)
Bays of New Brunswick
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