FIRST — Land Title — Delta, BC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop
N 49° 10.554 W 122° 55.956
10U E 504912 N 5447012
In 1857 Patrick Murphy held the first land title in what would become the Corporation of Delta in 1879.
Waymark Code: WM943X
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/25/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Zork V
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1879 – 1979

CENTENNIAL HERITAGE SITE
ANNACIS ISLAND

Named after Francis Annance of the Hudson Bay Company party which camped here briefly in 1824. Patrick Murphy held the first land title in Delta, settling here in 1857. He was murdered in 1861. The island was farmed for 100 years and has been developed recently by Grosvenor International into a modern industrial estate.

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Date of FIRST: 01/01/1857

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