Don Island

Don Island (49˚10'00" 122˚59'00" In the Fraser R, W of Annacis I). The origin of this well-established local name is not recorded, though area residents have suggested that it may be a misspelling of Dawn, a woman’s name. The island became the site of a Japanese colony in the early 1900s when Jinzaburo Oikawa built bunkhouses there to accommodate immigrant workers at nearby canneries. Eighty or more additional men and women arrived in 1906 aboard the schooner Suian Maru. Some families were...

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