Talk:James Island (British Columbia)

Explosive Plant and other James Island History
I have edited this article to conform with what I found about the history of CIL at. It would be interesting to fill in a couple more details. Defence Industries Ltd, according the to CIL history, was largely Crown owned plants. Does that mean this island or the munitions plant was government owned? The original article had the company history wrong assuming the CIL history has it right. I wonder if there is a way to find out which of the companies merged into Canadian Explosives owned this island. There was one from Vancouver and one from Vancouver, according the Company names. I wonder if the houses came from Nanaimo is right. CIL had a plant (Giant Powder Company) on the Nanoose pennisula, Powder Point, that may have been connected. It had a famous explosion Jan 1, 1918 that they say blew out windows in Nanaimo and could be heard in Vancouver, quite a few miles away. The other thing that might be sourceable is the ownership of the Island. Google searches show it has been for sale in the range of $46 million. Not sure when. Apparently it is an island that is owned in one whole piece. There have been local rumours that it has been owned by a group of software industry titans. Are there individually owned properties on the island or is it owned entirely by a single owner group? --KenWalker | Talk 22:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Er, I just found the online cadastre....thought you would have more knowledge of where th e government stores t hat data; can I look it up there, or do you need a title search to find out this kind of stuff? BCeID, re Geomatics and Land Mgmt Bureau etc; links if you want 'em not just now....  I de-brochurized it; it wasn't as bad as Bear Mountain but it was close.....curious this island would have an article when the larger Sidney island (and just as historic, though without a dynamite plant) doesn't....I'd say it was spawned to give the resort a geographic face....btw is Little Tillicum in Qualicum worth a neighbourhood article, or a whatever article?Skookum1 (talk) 05:23, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Speaking of explosive plants, do you know anything about the one in Ashcroft?Skookum1 (talk) 05:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

town/village name
Would the townsite on James Island ahve been named James Island, British Columbia, or would it have been something like something-or-other-point or something-or-other-bay?Skookum1 (talk) 15:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It wasn't an official name. See  - KenWalker | Talk 16:02, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, still if it was the only name, it's still a community name.....not the kind of place someone would write a company-town memoir of, like the mining towns, but maybe there's stuff on the town around, or pix; this is one of those "should have a separate article, but is it worht the bother even if we find stuff" items. Or shouodl we just throw the company towns and ghost towns cat on this article, even though it's an island article?Skookum1 (talk) 16:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Speaking of names, can anyone tell us the Tsawout name for the island? Thanks, PeterEasthope (talk) 01:19, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Development and Current State
Is the sentence beginning "Recent luxury resort development ..." realistic? I've heard rumor to the effect that the project is delayed. Any chance of someone providing a good aerial photograph which isn't too distant? Can anyone provide any decent photos from the ground or the water? Thanks, PeterEasthope (talk) 15:18, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Population
Are there permanent residents on the island? Can anyone tell us the population? Thanks, PeterEasthope (talk) 01:20, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Status with respect to Douglas Treaties
Hello Update Alley. I see that you deleted my sentence "Status of the island in relation to the Douglas Treaties is unclear." To explain better I've changed the first sentence of the paragraph, which I added there at 2012-06-10T08:25:36‎, and added a sentence following it. If you are dissatisfied with the information in these sentences or with sentence composition, please discuss here before editing. Thanks, PeterEasthope (talk) 16:35, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Order of first two sentences under History
The beginning of the History section would read better with the order of the first two sentences reversed. My suggestion is to replace "Tsawout hereditary chief Louie Pelkey was born on the island in 1860.[3] The island is within the traditional lands of the Tsawout First Nation." with "The island is within the traditional lands of the Tsawout First Nation and hereditary chief Louie Pelkey was born on the island in 1860.[3]". In case anyone objects, I'll wait at least a month. Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 18:23, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * If so, that should be two sentences. "The island is within the traditional lands of the Tsawout First Nation.  Hereditary chief Louie Pelkey of the Tsawout was born on the island in 1860.".  That would be even better if his name were linked to a biography of him, since he evidently was an important historical figure; maybe there is more about him on the Tsawout band's page?Skookum1 (talk) 02:19, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

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