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Douglas Island was named for John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury, by Captain George Vancouver. Joseph Whidbey, master of HMS Discovery during Vancouver's expedition, was the first to sight it in 1794. [1] In 1886, people began to travel to Douglas Island to settle near the developing Treadwell gold mine. By 1902, the Douglas Island community had ...
Douglas Island is a 187-hectare (462-acre) island in British Columbia, Canada, located where the Fraser River and Pitt River meet. The island is uninhabited. The island was the property of Canadian Forest Products but the government [which?] bought it for $4.5 million. [citation needed] It became part of the city of Port Coquitlam on September ...
Eaglecrest Ski Area is a public ski area on Douglas Island in the U.S. state of Alaska, across Gastineau Channel from Juneau. The area is owned and operated by Juneau's municipal government. Eaglecrest has 4 double chairlifts accessing 640 acres (2.6 km 2), with 36 marked alpine runs, two Nordic skiing loops, and access to world class ...
Some historical reports indicate an early settler to the area may be credited for the naming of Douglas Island. In 1880 gold was discovered in Juneau, Alaska, across the narrow Gastineau Channel, drawing in all kinds of people looking to strike it rich. In 1881 two towns sprouted up on Douglas Island: Treadwell and Douglas. Treadwell was the ...
Gastineau Channel, Juneau, Alaska A small vessel heads south through Gastineau Channel, preparing to sail beneath the Douglas Bridge in February, 2011 Gastineau Channel (Lingít: Séet Ká) is a channel between the mainland of the U.S. state of Alaska and Douglas Island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska.
The Douglas Indian Village (Akáx Yaa Andagán) was the winter village of the Taku Kwáan Tlingit. The village was on Douglas Island , now a part of Juneau , Alaska , United States . In the summer of 1962, while the residents were away at Fish Camp, the village was declared abandoned and set on fire to make way for the Douglas Harbor .
Protection Island [2] is a small island located 1.5 km north-east of downtown Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada in the Nanaimo Harbour. The island was originally named Douglas Island, after James Douglas the first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. It was renamed Protection Island in 1960. The permanent year-round ...
Douglas Island is a tidal island in the U.S. state of Alaska. Douglas Island may also refer to: Douglas Island (British Columbia), Canada; Douglas Island (Western Australia), see List of islands of Western Australia, D-G; Douglas Island (Nunavut), Canada, between Dolphin and Union Strait and Coronation Gulf and Cape Krusenstern (southwest) and ...