 In 1832, the whole of the families amounting to 500 persons, were obliged [in the clearances] to leave the island, but were furnished with the means of reaching New Brunswick.They formed a settlement at Chaleur Bay, which became very prosperous".The eastern end of Chaleur Bay was the site of the Royal Canadian Navy's Operation Pointe Maisonnette in September 1943, during the Battle of the St. Lawrence.