| l'Île Dowker | |
|---|---|
  Dowker Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Saint Lawrence River |
| Coordinates | 45°24′10″N 73°53′40″W / 45.40278°N 73.89444°W / 45.40278; -73.89444 |
| Archipelago | Hochelaga Archipelago |
| Area | 1 km (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 which intends to preserve its natural state.
The island is about a kilometre in length and breadth. Its surface geology is undifferentiated till deposits. It is low-lying, mostly in a 100-year flood area, and contains a muskrat habitat.
History
Then known as one of the îles Sainte-Geneviève (now Dowker, Madore, and Daoust), the island was granted to governor of Montreal François-Marie Perrot by Jean Talon, in 1672, along with the île Perrot. It was acquired in 1897 by Leslie Rose Dowker (unknown-1945), 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.
In older documents, 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.
- ^ "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. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
