Slocum learned to read and write at the school, attending until he was eight years old when his family moved to Brier Island in 1854.

This is already occurring on Brier Island, Nova Scotia.

Ditch construction on Brier Island has lowered the water table, making it easier for gulls to nest in the area.

Columnar basalt may be seen at Baxters Harbour and at Brier Island.

A monument to Slocum exists on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, not far from his family's boot shop.

Westport (Route 217 does not directly serve this community as Brier Island does not have any numbered roads.)

Capturing her required an eight-hour running fight, including a fifty-minute battle at close quarters off Brier Island in the Bay of Fundy.

He left Mount Hanley when he was eight years old when his family moved to Brier Island.

Brier Island is frequently inundated by fog and has witnessed 57 recorded shipwrecks.

Brier Island was the childhood home of world famous sailor Joshua Slocum who became the first person to circumnavigate the world alone.