Dayman Island is a privately owned island located off the coast of

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, beside Thetis Island and Hudson Island. It is about in size, and has a year-round main residence and a caretaker's residence. Likely named after Dayman, an officer aboard HMS ''Thetis'', 36-guns, on this station 1851–1853, under the command of Captain Augustus Leopold Kuper, CB. As

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was named in 1858 by

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, HMS ''Plumper'', Dayman Island was possibly named at the same time, although not labeled on resulting Admiralty Chart 579. Psychedelic pioneer and government agent Al Hubbard owned the island from at least the 1950s until 1968.http://realitysandwich.com/314066/the-original-captain-trips/ The Original Captain Trips by Todd Brendan Fahey *Gazetteer Map: 92B/13 *Relative Location: E side of Stuart Channel, W of S end Thetis Island, Cowichan Land District.

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* {{GulfIslands Islands of the Gulf Islands Private islands of Canada Cowichan Land District