D'Arcy Island

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D'Arcy Island is a 83-ha island in Haro Strait, south of Sidney Island and east of the Saanich Peninsula (Vancouver Island).

The island was used as a leper colony for Chinese immigrants from 1894 to 1924, and ruins of the building built during that time are still visible.^[1][2] It was declared a marine park in 1961, and included as part of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve created in 2003.

[edit] References

1. ^ D'Arcy Island VancouverIsland.com
2. ^ Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada - National Parks of Canada

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