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Then known as one of the îles Sainte-Geneviève (now Dowker, Madore, and Daoust),<ref>{{cite web |title=Bottin des Toponymes Officialisés |url=https://www.ndip.org/bottin-partiel-des-toponymes-officialises/ |website=Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> the island was granted to governor of Montreal [[François-Marie Perrot]] by [[Jean Talon]], in 1672, along with the île Perrot.<ref name="toponymie">{{cite web |title=Île Dowker |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=19150 |website=Commission de toponymie |publisher=Gouvernement de Québec |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> It was acquired in 1897<ref name="toponymie"/> by Leslie Rose Dowker (unknown-1945),<ref>{{cite web |title=Leslie Rose Dowker |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108913431/leslie-rose-dowker |website=Find a Grave |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> who shortly afterward became Mayor of Sainte-Anne-du-Bout-de-l'Île, now known as [[Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,_Quebec|Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue]]. |
Then known as one of the îles Sainte-Geneviève (now Dowker, Madore, and Daoust),<ref>{{cite web |title=Bottin des Toponymes Officialisés |url=https://www.ndip.org/bottin-partiel-des-toponymes-officialises/ |website=Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> the island was granted to governor of Montreal [[François-Marie Perrot]] by [[Jean Talon]], in 1672, along with the île Perrot.<ref name="toponymie">{{cite web |title=Île Dowker |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=19150 |website=Commission de toponymie |publisher=Gouvernement de Québec |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> It was acquired in 1897<ref name="toponymie"/> by Leslie Rose Dowker (unknown-1945),<ref>{{cite web |title=Leslie Rose Dowker |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108913431/leslie-rose-dowker |website=Find a Grave |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> who shortly afterward became Mayor of Sainte-Anne-du-Bout-de-l'Île, now known as [[Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,_Quebec|Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue]]. |
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In the 1940s Pointe-Claire notary public Gerard Tardiff had a large summer house on the island.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Lynne |title=Polish Orphans of Tengeru |date=2009 |publisher=Dundurn Press |location=Canada |isbn=978-1-55488-004-1 |page=241 }}</ref> |
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It is the site of a ruined stone house as well as a former [[navigational aid]] light.<ref>{{cite web |title=Soil remediation at the site of a former navigation aid light on Dowker Island (Notre-Dame) |url=http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/052/details-eng.cfm?pid=46804 |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> |
It is the site of a ruined stone house as well as a former [[navigational aid]] light.<ref>{{cite web |title=Soil remediation at the site of a former navigation aid light on Dowker Island (Notre-Dame) |url=http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/052/details-eng.cfm?pid=46804 |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> |
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l'Île Dowker | |
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  Dowker Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Saint Lawrence River |
| Coordinates | 45°24′10″N 73°53′40″W / 45.40278°N 73.89444°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 |
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 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
- ^ "Electoral Map" (PDF). Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ PROJET DE RÈGLEMENT NUMÉRO 436-8. La Ville de Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot. 2016.
- ^ "Montreal Island Map 1426A". Geological Survey of Canada. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Plan_zonage + annexes 14-15-19 (PDF). Notre-dame-de-l'île-perrot. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Règlements d'amendement du plan d'urbanisme (PDF). Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot. 2006. p. 105. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Bottin des Toponymes Officialisés". Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Île Dowker". Commission de toponymie. Gouvernement de Québec. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Leslie Rose Dowker". Find a Grave. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Soil remediation at the site of a former navigation aid light on Dowker Island (Notre-Dame)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
