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Deadman's Island (other)
Deadman's Island or variations on the name may refer to: Places Canada * Deadman's Island in Vancouver's Coal Harbour * Deadman's Island in the Northwest Arm of Halifax Harbour * The original name for Halkett Island, in Victoria's Inner Harbour * Deadman's Island and the former Deadman's Island Provincial Park, now part of Burns Lake Park in the town of Burns Lake, British Columbia *Deadman Islands The Deadman Islands are an island group located inside western Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Berens Islands, Black Berry Islands, Couper Islands ..., Nunavut, Canada United States * Deadman's Island (San Pedro), a now-vanished island near San Pedro, Los Angeles, California * Deadman Island (Solano County), an island near Suisun Bay, California * Deadman Island, part of the San Juan Islands in Washington United Kingdom * Deadman's Island (Kent), an island in the estuary of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadman's Island (Vancouver)
__NOTOC__ Deadman Island is a 3.8 hectare, ha island to the south of Stanley Park in Coal Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia. The indigenous Squamish language, Squamish name is "''skwtsa7s''", meaning simply "island." Officially designated "Deadman Island" by the Geographical Names Board of Canada in 1937, it is commonly referred to as Deadman's Island. It has been a battle site, a native tree-burial cemetery, smallpox and squatter settlement in its long history. Today it is the site of Vancouver's Naval Reserve Division, HMCS Discovery, HMCS ''Discovery''. Early history One of Vancouver's first white settlers, The Three Greenhorns, John Morton, visited the island in 1862. Morton discovered hundreds of Thuja plicata, red cedar boxes lashed to the upper boughs of trees and one had evidently fallen and broken to reveal a jumble of bones and a tassel of black hair. The island was the tree-burial grounds of the Squamish people. Undeterred, Morton took a fancy to the island and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |