Bentinck Island is a small island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca just off the southern tip of Vancouver Island in Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada near Race Rocks. It served as a leper colony beginning in 1924, when the federal government shut down D'Arcy Island (also a leprosy colony), as Bentinck Island was closer to medical quarantine facilities, until 1957, when the last person affected by leprosy died.[1][2]
The Holland America cargo liner Eemdijk ran aground on Race Rocks on 15 October 1925.[3][4] She was refloated on 19 October[5] and beached on Bentinck Island. The tug Hope and her crew of seven were lost trying to salvage the liner.[3]
References
edit- ^ "D'Arcy Island Marine Park, Gulf Islands NP, Haro Strait, BC". vancouverisland.com.
- ^ YOUNG, CY. "LEPERS' ISLAND | Maclean's | May 1, 1948". Maclean's | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- ^ a b "Race Rocks". Canadian Lightkeepers Association. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "Dutch liner seriously ashore". The Times. No. 44094. London. 16 October 1925. col F, p. 25.
- ^ "Fires in Indian cargoes". The Times. No. 44098. London. 21 October 1925. col C, p. 27.
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