Dowker Island

Dowker Island
l'Île Dowker
Geography
Location Saint Lawrence River
Coordinates 45°24′10″N 73°53′40″W / 45.40278°N 73.89444°W / 45.40278; -73.89444Coordinates: 45°24′10″N 73°53′40″W / 45.40278°N 73.89444°W / 45.40278; -73.89444
Archipelago Hochelaga Archipelago
Area 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Length 1 km (0.6 mi)
Width 1 km (0.6 mi)
Administration
Canada
Province Quebec
City Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot

Dowker Island is an uninhabited island in Lake Saint Louis, a widening of the Saint Lawrence River south of Montreal Island, Quebec. It is in the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot[1] which intends to preserve its natural state.[2]

The island is about a kilometer in length and breadth. Its surface geology is undifferentiated till deposits.[3] It is low-lying, mostly in a 100-year flood area,[4] and contains a muskrat habitat.[5]

History

Ruins on Dowker Island

Then known as one of the îles Sainte-Geneviève (now Dowker, Madore, and Daoust),[6] the island was granted to governor of Montreal François-Marie Perrot by Jean Talon, in 1672, along with the île Perrot.[7] It was acquired in 1897[7] by Leslie Rose Dowker (unknown-1945),[8] who shortly afterward became Mayor of Sainte-Anne-du-Bout-de-l'Île, now known as Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.

In the 1940s Pointe-Claire notary public Gerard Tardiff had a large summer house on the island.[9]

It is the site of a ruined stone house as well as a former navigational aid light.[10]

On some older documents it is labelled Lynch Island.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Electoral Map" (PDF). Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. ↑ PROJET DE RÈGLEMENT NUMÉRO 436-8. La Ville de Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot. 2016. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ "Montreal Island Map 1426A". Geological Survey of Canada. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Plan_zonage + annexes 14-15-19 (PDF). Notre-dame-de-l'île-perrot. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Règlements d’amendement du plan d’urbanisme (PDF). Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot. 2006. p. 105. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bottin des Toponymes Officialisés". Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 "Île Dowker". Commission de toponymie. Gouvernement de Québec. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Leslie Rose Dowker". Find a Grave. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Taylor, Lynne (2009). Polish Orphans of Tengeru. Canada: Dundurn Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-55488-004-1.
  10. ↑ "Soil remediation at the site of a former navigation aid light on Dowker Island (Notre-Dame)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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