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]

Dowker Island

l'Île Dowker
Dowker Island
Geography
Location	Saint Lawrence River
Coordinates	45°24′10″N 73°53′40″W
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

The island is about a kilometre 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

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.

It is the site of a ruined stone house as well as a former navigational aid light.[9]

In older documents,[7] as late as the 1966 topographic map of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, it is named Lynch Island.

References

На других языках

[fr] Île Dowker