Brier Island is an island in the Bay of Fundy in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
The island is the westernmost part of Nova Scotia and the southern end of the North Mountain ridge with Long Island lying immediately northeast; both islands constitute part of the Digby Neck.
The island's name is believed by some to come from the wild brier roses found there, another possibility is that the original name of the Island was "Bryer's" after a sea captain from New England who was one of the first settlers to spend any time on the island.
Brier Island was the childhood home of sailor Joshua Slocum
who became the first person to circumnavigate the world alone. A
monument to Slocum and the bootshop where he worked as a boy can be seen
in Westport. (Wikipedia)
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