Balls Lake
| Balls Lake | |
|---|---|
  Balls Lake | |
| Location | Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick |
| Coordinates | 45°14′17.4″N 65°53′44.6″W / 45.238167°N 65.895722°W |
| Part of | East Fundy Composite[1] |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 128.83 ha (318.3 acres)[1] |
Balls Lake is a lake located in Simonds Parish,[2] Saint John County, New Brunswick.[3] Located just a few kilometers from the city limits of Saint John,[4] Balls Lake lake has its own watershed, with the lake draining to McKenzie Brook.[5]: 21 Balls Lake has been recorded containing multiple fish species including brook trout, lake chubs, and American eels.[5]: 22 Additionally, it is part of the Balls Lake Formation, a formation dating back to around the Carboniferous period.[6]
History[edit]
As early as the 19th century, Balls Lake has had its own fishing club known as the Balls Lake Fishing Club,[7] which previously had its own club house until it was destroyed during a forest fire around June 4, 1903.[8][9] Following a meeting held by the club later that year, a new club house was set to be built.[10] Balls Lake additionally had a lumber mill operating as recent as the late 19th century.[11] The lake has also had speckled trout introduced to it, with 518 being introduced from Big Salmon River in 1951.[12]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Warner, Matthew G.; Andrews, Samuel; MacMillan, John L.; Lowles, Andrew G. (November 2023). "Past and Present Distribution and Identification of Extant Native Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Populations in the Canadian Maritime Provinces". Northeastern Naturalist. 30 (23): 15. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ Profile of census tracts in Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John, 2006 Census : map volume. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 2009. ISBN 978-0-660-63533-0. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "Balls Lake". geonames.nrcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ Hickman, Albert (1900). Handbook of New Brunswick. Fredericton, New Brunswick. p. 64. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b "Project Eider Rock Environmental Impact Assessment Report" (PDF). New Brunswick Department of Environment. August 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ Park, Adrian F.; Treat, Robert L.; Barr, Sandra M.; White, Chris E.; Miller, Brent V.; Reynolds, Peter H.; Hamilton, Michael A. (January 2014). "Structural setting and age of the Partridge Island block, southern New Brunswick, Canada: a link to the Cobequid Highlands of northern mainland Nova Scotia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 51 (1). doi:10.1139/cjes-2013-0120. ISSN 0008-4077. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ Cunningham, April (August 4, 2015). "Property owner wants to open private club". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "BIG LOSS AT BALL'S LAKE". St. John Daily Sun. June 6, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "A NEW CLUB HOUSE". St. John Daily Sun. September 15, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "BALL'S LAKE CLUB HOUSE". St. John Daily Sun. August 22, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "Local Matters". St. John Daily Sun. December 22, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "A Report of the Fish Culture Development Branch of the Conservation and Development Service" (PDF). Department of Fisheries of Canada. 1951. p. 6. Retrieved May 10, 2024.