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'''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]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Electoral Map |url=https://www.ndip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Carte_districts-electoraux_71065-E-F01.pdf |website=Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> which intends to preserve its natural state.<ref>{{cite book |title=PROJET DE RÈGLEMENT NUMÉRO 436-8 |date=2016 |publisher=La Ville de Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot }}</ref> |
'''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]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Electoral Map |url=https://www.ndip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Carte_districts-electoraux_71065-E-F01.pdf |website=Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> which intends to preserve its natural state.<ref>{{cite book |title=PROJET DE RÈGLEMENT NUMÉRO 436-8 |date=2016 |publisher=La Ville de Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot }}</ref> |
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The island is about a kilometre in length and breadth. Its surface geology is undifferentiated [[till]] deposits.<ref>{{cite web |title=Montreal Island Map 1426A |url=https://i.redditmedia.com/3hW51Wmv7UrL77ivT2ZBOcxL8FMPTLPGBrn1UHCsdOo.jpg?s=0cfc01f1e1a3c9e17d3161d4017c19bd |publisher=Geological Survey of Canada |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> It is low-lying, mostly in a [[100-year flood]] area,<ref>{{cite book |title=Plan_zonage + annexes 14-15-19 |publisher=Notre-dame-de-l'île-perrot |url=http://www.ndip.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Plan_zonage-+-annexes-14-15-19.pdf |accessdate=3 June 2018}}</ref> and contains a [[muskrat]] habitat.<ref>{{cite book |title=Règlements d'amendement du plan d'urbanisme |date=2006 |publisher=Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot |page=105 |url=https://www.ndip.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/436-Plan-urbanisme-version-adm_avril-2017.pdf |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.
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]
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.
- ^ Taylor, Lynne (2009). Polish Orphans of Tengeru. Canada: Dundurn Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-55488-004-1.
- ^ "Soil remediation at the site of a former navigation aid light on Dowker Island (Notre-Dame)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
