Annacis Island

Annacis Island is an island located in the south arm of the Fraser River, in Delta, British Columbia. The island is now mostly industrial, and it contains one of Metro Vancouver's secondary wastewater treatment plants. The island is also home to the British Columbia Institute of Technology Annacis Island campus.[1]

A map of Annacis Island (red) with the rest of Delta (pink) and Metro Vancouver (green)
Annacis Island (South)

The southern part of the island is connected to Delta via the Alex Fraser Bridge, which is part of Highway 91. Connections northward to Richmond and New Westminster are via smaller bridges on Highway 91. At the eastern end of the island there is also the Derwent Way Bridge which connects the island to the Queensborough neighborhood of New Westminster. The island is served by a public bus that connects to 22nd Street Station in New Westminster.

The wider part of the Fraser River south of the island is known as Annieville Channel (upstream) and City Reach (downstream), while the more narrow channel north of the island is Annacis Channel.[2][3] The eastern (upstream) tip of the island is known as Shoal Point, and the western (downstream) tip as Purfleet Point.[3]

Origin of the name

The island's name is derived from "Annance's Island," named for Noel François Annance, an Abenaki and a Hudson's Bay Company clerk, who travelled with Chief Factor James McMillan to found Fort Langley in 1827.[4][5]

History

Once a farming and fishing island,[6] the island opened on 1955 as Canada's first industrial park.[7]

On August 7, 2017 a fire broke out in a warehouse on Annacis Island.[8]

References
  1. https://www.bcit.ca/about/visit/campuses-directions/annacis-island/
  2. Commuter cycling map of metro Vancouver (Map). Davenport Maps. 1997. ISBN 978-1-896888-01-9. OCLC 42208771.
  3. "Topographic Map sheet 92G2". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2006-02-06. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  4. Akrigg, Philip; Akrigg, Helen. "Place Names of the Lower Mainland". Discover Vancouver. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  5. Waite, Donald E (November 1977). "Chapter 1: Fur Company Exploration". The Langley Story Illustrated: an early history of the municipality of Langley. Maple Ridge, B.C. ISBN 978-0-919213-61-6. OCLC 4122366. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  6. https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/the-duke-of-westminsters-influence-in-metro-vancouver-a-look-at-grosvenor#:~:text=Annacis%2C%20once%20a%20former%20farming,covering%201.1%20million%20square%20feet.
  7. https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/annacis-island-1955-1933257
  8. https://globalnews.ca/tag/warehouse-fire-annacis-island/


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