White Head Island is an island located in the Bay of Fundy. It is off the east coast of

Grand Manan Island Grand Manan is a Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy. Grand Manan is also the name of an incorporated village, which includes the main island and all of its adjacent islands, except White Head Island. It is governed as a village and is part of t ...

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. In 2011 the island had a population of 162. White Head Island is governed as a local service district. Its economy is based largely around aquaculture and fishing. The island has an elementary school which has kindergarten to grade 2 and grades 3 to 6 in two separate classrooms. Recently there have been efforts to move children to the larger Grand Manan Community School however the younger grades remain on White Head due to the ferry crossing. It's the smallest school within the Anglophone South School District of Southern New Brunswick.

Coastal Transport Limited Coastal Transport Limited (Coastal Transport) is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada on the Bay of Fundy with headquarters in Saint John, New Brunswick. The company began as a wholly owned subsidiary of Marine Atlantic Incorporated (MAI) ...

provides car ferry service between White Head and Grand Manan. The ferry ''William Frankland'' operates year-round and is free of charge. The community has a small general store located at the dock where the ferry arrives at the island. There is a Baptist church on the island that was completed in 1981. However, there are records of a religious house in use until 1928, when the second of three churches was dedicated.

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File:White_Head_elementary_school.jpg, White Head elementary school August, 2016 File:White_Head_post_office.jpg, White Head Post Office File:William_Franklin_Ferry.jpg, The car ferry ''William Frankland'' at Ingalls Head

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