Mitchell Island

Mitchell Island (49˚12'09" 123˚05'31" N Arm of the Fraser R, Richmond, between Lulu I and Vancouver). This feature, today an industrial zone reached from Vancouver’s Knight St bridge, was formerly three islands: Mitchell, Twigg and Eburne. Alexander Mitchell (1847–1931), from Que, acquired his property in the early 1880s (his Crown grant is dated 1885) and farmed there for 50 years. Married three times and widowed twice, he raised a large family and served several terms as a Richmond and...

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