The piles have endured the stand of time as those who deposited them would have used them as indicators to mark the spots that were good for harvest.

With the help of the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, there is confirmation of two Mi’kmaq burial sites in the area.

[3] In 2007 the island was bought by the province and is now being cared for jointly by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and the St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association.

The Department of Natural Resources has stated it intends to manage the island for recreational purposes in an ecologically sensitive manner.

[5][6] On the far side of the island is a memorial site for Creswell MacMurrary Micou and his wife Andrina McIntyre.